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Local Cotton Market July 20 Good Middling .10% Strict Middling .10% Middling „ .10 trim An ad in THE CITIZEN is worth'Two on the Billboard. Local Cotton Market July 20 Good»Middling .10% Strict Middling .10% Middling .10 ESTABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD. DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1921. VOL.LXXIV. No. 38. $1.50 PER ANNUM. un in nuns n Resolutions Adopted Asking That Institution Be Made'a Government Hospital TO SEND RESOLUTIONS TO WAR RISK OFFICER Would Have Hamilton Memorial Hospital as Unit in U. S. Public Health Service—W ould Bring Disabled Soldiers Here At a meeting of the John F. Slaton Post American Legion, held Saturday afternoon at the court house, resolu tions were adopted to get the United States Public Health Service to desig nate the Hamilton Memorial hospital, recently completed here, as a unit of the government’s hospitals, and work will be directed toward the accom plishment of this. The resolution, as adopted, is ap pended: Dalton. Ga., July 16th, 1921. REV. MR. CURTIS TALKED TO HOLINESS PEOPLE Accepted Preacher’s Challenge and gg* ~ Addressed Large Audience Accepting the challenge made by the preacher at the Holiness meeting which has been going on for several weeks on Spencer street Rev. James Curtis, a Baptist minister, preached to a large congregation at the tent Fri- day night. The Holiness preacher had intimated that all who were not members of that organization were on the rapid road to hq}l, and hinted around that no minister in Daltpn had the nerve to come to his tent and discuss mat ters with him. A crowd of several hundred people, learning of the debate that was in prospect, went to hear it. Rev. Mr. Curtis starting it off land the Holiness minister dosing the argument. BRIDGE CONTRACTS TO BE AWARDED SATURDAY 'To the Georgia Department Comman der of the American Legion: "To the Georgia Service Department of the American Legion: “At a call meeting of the John F. Slaton Post of the American Legion, held on the above date, a committee was appointed to draft resolutions rec ommending that the Hamilton Memo rial hospital at Dalton, Ga., be desig nated as a unit of the'United Spates Public Health Service; and to urge that the Department Commander and the Service Department he asked to request Dr. M. C. Guthrie, supervisor of the Fifth District Bureau of War Risk Insurance, to so designate this hospital. “We. the members of the committee, after due investigation, do heartily rec ommend that this hospital be so desig nated. . “It is one of th*e best equipped hos pitals in the South, being a new and modern building, completely equipped and built along the most 'advanced lines. The hearting^ system and plumb ing are the best that could be secured; the capacity of this hospital is fifty Itelds. all outside rooms. "D. W. Mitchell. Vice Commander, "Wm. J. Manly, Adjutant, "L. Z. Speck, Chr. Finance Com/’ Tri-County Convention Will Be Held There Thursday, August Fourth Important Meeting to Be Held by Board of Commissioners Contracts for the four county bridges and the county line bridge to be erect ed by Whitfield and Murray counties, will probably be awarded Saturday, the day set for opening the bids. The contracts will be awarded unless the bids are considered too high” The fonr bridges to he built in the county will be at the following places Over Chickamauga creek, near Free man’s Spring; over Mill creek, at the Bitting place; Little Swamp creek near Center Point, and Coahuila creek, at Anderson crossing. The county line bridge will be over Sugar creek to connect -the two coun ties. The work will cost several thousand dollars. CLEMENTS NARROWLY ESCAPED DROWNING Attempted to Ford River but It Was Too Deep Mr. Albert Clements, a farmer liv ing in Murray county, had a narrow escape from drowning Monday when he attempted to ford Conasauga river at the Talley ford. • As he drove his team of mules into the stream, he was warned that it was too deep; but he didn’t heed the warn ing. and, as a result his mules were soon swimming. The force of the cur rent was such that Mr. Clements was swept from his wagon, hut managed to get out, despite the fact that he couldn’t swim. Some men working in a field nearby went into the river and helped the mules find a footing on the bank Hitched to the rear'of the wagon was a horse, this animal also escaping. BROWN WILL PRESIDE OVER GREAT MEETING 0li;o?rs of Organization Composed of Lodges of Whitfield, Murray and Catoosa Counties—Many Dalton Masons to Attend The Tri-County Masonic convention ill be held Thursday. Aug. 4. at Co- "tta. and an interesting meeting is ?i »g planned. I lie organization is composed of the ta sonic lodges of Whitfield. Murray ll( l Catoosa counties, and the annual stings always attract large crowds, everal of the grand lodge officers will robablv be on hand to address the 'acting. At noon, a big dinner will be served. u d in the afternoon the business ses- will be held. •A A. Brown, of Eton, worshipful 'aster, will preside over the conven- ° n - The other officers are: L P. Moore, senior warden ; J. P. edwin. junior warden; S. T. Harris, ^•retary-treasurer ? W. M. Harris, ’"'or deacon; J. L. Henton. junior Moon; F. J. Vining, senior steward; r - H. Griffin, junior steward; C. W. feeler, tyler; A. R. T. Harbright, "aplain. MINISTER BROKE DOWN AFTER STRENUOUS WORK Rev. C. H. Williams, Pastor Hamil ton Street Church, Ill Monday evening, following religious services he had conducted under a tree in Manlytown. Rev. C. H. Williams was taken suddenly ill and was taken to the Hamilton Memorial hospital. Reports from his bedside today are that his condition is^ improv ing. and his .many friends and admir ers hope to see him completely recov ered in a short, time. Rev. Mr. Williams, who is the cap- aide and popular pastor of Hamilton Street Methodist church, has been (ren dering great service in the sick-rooms in North Dalton whore a number are ill with para-typhoid fever. Iu addi tion to this, he recently went to Man lytown where, in the open air. he be gan religions services. Several were converted, the result being Rev. H. C. j Emory, pastor of the First Methodist church, rented a tent from Smith Man ufacturing company for the meeting. Such a good start was made, that it i^ hoped Rev. Mr. Williams’ condition will soon be such that he can resume the fine work he started. In the business meeting, officers for the year will be elected, and a place selected for the 1922 convention. Dal ton will send a large delegation to the meeting. Airplane View of Flood-Stricken City of Pueblo This airplane view taken just after the terrible flood that devastated Pueblo and other cities and towns of east ern Colorado shows the Grove district of Pueblo where the loss of life was greatest. Many smaU ^houses located here were swept away. JOHN MITCHELL WINS HIS FIRST COURT CASE John Mitchell, a popular young man of this city who was recently admit ted to the bar here, on Monday con ducted his first .case in justice court, and succeeded in freeing his client. Mr. Mitchell, following a year at the university, has been reading law with Judge G. G. Glenn. He gives prom ise of making an excellent lawyer. COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS WANTS CHARTER To Incorporate with Capital Stock of $14,000 J. C. Henderson, of this city, and R. E. Ferrell, T. S. Ferrell. Fred A. Noll and E. Tallent, of Hamilton coun ty. Tenn.. are petitioning for charter for the Coca-Cola Bottling Works, the capital stock, fully paid in, to be $14.- 000. The plant has been in operation here for some time as a partnership, and it has been decided to incorporate. Semi-Annual Financial Report Shows Need of Retrenchment for Next Six Months TWO-THIRDS REVENUE FOR YEAR PAID OUT Public Utilities iiShow Profit of Over $7,000 for Six Months—-Reports Read to City Council—Silk Shirt Gets Bates in Bad DALTON DISTRICT TO SHOW GAIN IN VALUES Believed County^ However, Will Show Loss in Taxes This Year ELBERTA PEACHES ARE RIPENING RAPIDLY NOW Fine Crop in This Section Accord ing to All Reports The Elberta peach is ripening rapid ly in this section of the state, coming right at the time when the or chards in the main peach belt have played lout. The peaches this year are of excel lent quality and well flavored, and will bring a good price on northern and eastern markets. The shipments start ed last week. and. while there are now few orchards in this county, a number of carloads will be shipped out before the season is over. Eton Will Entertain Sunday School Folks \ of Baptist Churches The semi-annual financial reports were read at council meeting Monday night, showing expenses of $41,545.64 for the first six months of this year. Included in this, however, "are many extraordinary expenses which will not come up during the last half of the year. Iu these expenditures are the cost of the city’s sidewalks, the pay ment on the trucks, etc. Similar expenditures for the remain der of the year would put the city in bad financial condition, for it would mean a big increase in the floating in debtedness. According to Tax Receiver Deck, the Dalton district, in spite of the big in crease in tax values made last year, win show a slight increase this year over last year’s figures. It is believed, though, that the entire county will show a loss. Had not the tax equalizers been at work, the loss would have been much greater, for the board raised the values, as given in by the tax payers, $211,017, which increase will pay the expenses of the board about ten times over. The board raised the values on real estate $55,520; on city property, $47.- 200; on personal property, $109,180, and on the property of colored tax payers, $4,025. Reductions to the amount of $4,908 were made, making the net increase $211,017. Mr. Deck states that the digest wil be completed probably within two weekfe. SUPERIOR COURT WILL NOT BE HELD IN JULY Judge M. C. Tarver announces that there will be no July session of supe rior court. The business is not enough to justify holding the customary July term. BUCHANAN AND SANSOM HAD AN ALTERCATION Sansom Had Club and Buchanan Gun—To Air Matter Friday. Schools of North Georgia Associa tion Announce Interesting Pro gram for Sunday, July 31 Decided interest attaches to the Sun day school convention of the North Georgia Baptist association to be held Sunday. July 31, at Eton Baptist church. A large number will attend from this city, and practically all Sun day schools of the association are ex pected to have representatives. The following interesting program has been announced for the meeting: 10:00 A.M.—Praise service. 10:25 A.M.—Roll call of schools. 10:35 A.M.—The Church and the Sunday Schools—Rev..J. W. O’Hara; Proper Organization for s Sunday School—J. W. Merritt Noon recess-—dinner on the grounds. 1:30 P.M.—Praise service. 1:50 P.M.—The Place of Music in Our Sunday Schools—Chas. Foster. Open discussion. 2:20 P.M.—How to Build Up the At tendance—Open discussion by superin- Special mnsic. The Teacher—Rev. Josiah Crridup. tendents and workers. Evangelism in the Suriday School— Rev. W. F. Huffaker. Open discussion. “Win One Today”—Solo—Miss Dor othy Farrar. The Standard of Excellence—J. W. Merritt. Round table. Report of Committees—adjourn. Last year, the city’s revenue out side of -that from the public utilities, was, in round numbers, $63,000, and this year it is not expected to be as much, so council will have to trim ex penses. Utilities Made Money. The public utilities made money dur. ing the first six months of the year, according to the report The receipts from the gas plant were $6,687.16, with expenses of $7,- 507.75, the deficit being $820.59. The report shows more than enough coal on (hand to make up the deficit The waterworks made a profit of $5,985.94. For water main extensions on Emory and Spencer streets, $519.61 wasspent. The electric department received $15,869.98. and spent $S,79S.46, the profit being $7,021.52. New meters, lines arid transformers cost $2,387.08. Saturday night, J. L. Buchanan, of Rome, and John Sansom engaged in an altercation on North Hamilton street, but neither was hurt any to speak of. The matter will be inves tigated in police court Friday. According to reports of the matter, Sansom had a fence paling, and Bueh anan had a pistol, it being alleged that Buchanan shot at Sansom. but the bullet failed to take effect. Cases were made by the police against the men, and they will be tried before Recorder Tarver. COUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN REGULAR SUMMER TERM Teachers’ Examinations to Be Held Here July 29-30 Practically all of the county schools have started the summer term; a num ber opened on Monday, July 11, nnd the remainder began the short summer session on last Monday. •On Friday and Saturday, July 29-30, the examination for teachers will held at Fort Hill school, and Superin tendent Field states that it is of the utmost importance that all who desire to teach in the county school system take these examinations. In a letter from M. L. Brittain, state school superintendent, Mr. Field given information relative to the ex aminations. Mr. Brittain writes: “On Friday, July 29. the teachers are given the examination for the pri mary license, and this is also the first day’s work for the general elementary In addition, on this date, questions will be sent for three of the five groups the high school and supervisory exam inations as well as those on the man ual: 1. History (ancient, modern and English); 2. Language (Latin, French Spanish and Greek). Two of these lan guages are required; 3. Science, which will consist of questions on agriculture, physics and biology. Also on that day, there will be questions for both the high school and the elementay read ing courses, and the questions on the history and geography of Georgia for those teachers having licenses from other .states. “On Saturday, there will be ques tions for the last 'half of the general elementary examination, and for Eng lish and mathematics in the high school test English includes grammar, com position and rhetoric, English and American literature. Mathematics will include arithmetic, algebra through Quadratics, and plane geometry.” Any further information relative to the examinations will he cheerfully furnished by J. D. Field, county school superintendent. SOUTHERN SHORTHORN EXHIBITION SUCCESS Will Be Made Annual Event future, Say Promoters Robertson Defeated Edwards for Council in Special Election Little Interest Taken — Robertson Received 25 Votes to Opponent’s 17—Serves Rest of the Year Cash from ail the utilities amounted to $29,347.8S, against expenses of $22,- 292.15, the profit from all the plants being $7,055.73. Shirt Got Bates in Bad- In the special election held Saturday in the Eighth -ward to name a coun cilman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Councilman Stewart, N. N. Robertson was elected over Ar thur Edwards by a vote of 25 t oil. The small vote polled would indicate that the people felt comparatively lit tle interest in the result. Mr. Robertson became a member of city council on taking the path of office at council meeting Monday night. He entered immediately upon his duties as a member of that body. Following the resignation of Coun cilman Stewart because of the tangled ■j condition of ihis citizenship papers, The officer stated that after he had j Mayor Wood called a special election recovered some stolen property for Dr. [the vacancy. The election was Sam Easley, he remarked to Easley I Councilman Stewart’s unexpired that he ought to have a silk shirt fori term - and - as Mr. Stewart’s term of Council dismissed Policeman Bates for asking a citizen for a silk shirt after recovering some stolen property for -him. Mr. Bates was present at the meeting and stated that the whole matter was a joke, but council didn’t take it in that way. his woi;k, making the statement in a joking way. No policeman was elected, council appointing Gns Albertson to serve as special policeman until next meeting, when Policeman Bates’ successor will be named. office would have expired with the first of the coming year. Councilman Rob ertson will serve until that time. If the charter is hot.ehanged by the leg islature, the Eighth ward will elect again in December. The election passed quietly, there •being”no trouble at the polls. The first annual Southern Short horn exhibitiori and sale, promoted by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway and the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association, and held at Columbia, Tenn., June 20th and 21st. is history. . and its success exceeded the most sanguine expectations both the management and the public. The quality and condition of the offering were of the most pleasing character, which, together with the unanimity with which the enterprise as a whole was conducted, amounted almost to a sensation. Never before had so large a consignment of pure bred cattle been brought together in a southern show^ and sales arena in such attractive finish, and the prices realized from their sale soared beyond the fondest hope. So well pleased were both promoters and 'consignors, all southern breeders, with its con summation. that already they have de termined to establish the enterprise as a permanent annual event, and steps have been taken this early to conduct the second annual undertaking on grander and more comprehensive scale. The cash premium fund will be more than doubled, and the breeders them selves have so anticipated the oppor tunities and far-reaching significance of the enterprise that they are deter mined to support next year’s exhibi tion and sale with the very best ani mals that it is' possible to produce in the South. TENT MEETING DRAWING _ ENORMOUS CROWDS NOW Great Success for Meeting Being Held at Chatsworth The tent meeting started last Fri day night at Chatsworth by Rev. John F. Yarbrough, presiding elder, and Rev. H. -C. Emery, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, is meet ing with decided success, for the tent has not been large enough to hold the crowds attending. Hundreds of people are flocking to the meeting, and the interest is grow- irig daily. Tuesday. Messrs. Dick Boyd and F. W. Twilley. who have charge of the mnsic. were here being welcomed by their many Dalton friends, and while here, they spoke of the great success the revival was meeting. Rev. Mr. Emory will he here next Sunday to fill his pulpit both morning and night. H. L. Smith Elected President for Current Year—Other Officers Selected CLUB IS REORGANIZED FOR FUTURE ACTIVITY Luncheon to Be Held This After noon to Discuss Plans—Women Given Charge of Club House —List of New Officers At a meeting of the Dalton Country elub, officers for the year were elected as follows: Hi L. Smith, president; H. J. Smith, vice president; H. B. Farrar, secretary- treasurer; H. J Smith, J. S. Hall, w. C. Martin, P. B. Fite, S. P. Maddox, H. B. Farrar and B. A. Tyler, board of directors; B. A. Tyler, J. G. McLellan and J. S. Hall, board of governors. It -was decided at the meeting to turn the management of the club house completely over to the women, and a special committee, composed of Mrs. M. E. Judd, Mrs. ‘ P. B. Fite rind Mrs. P. B. Trammpll, Sr., was appoint ed for this. The membership dues were changed at the meeting, the dries at present being for families, $25 per year; for men, $15; for women, $12. At 5 o’clock this afternoon, the club members will enjoy a picnic lunch at the club house, and after the lunch, plans for the future will be announced. It -was thought at one time that the fine piece of property should be sold and the club disbanded; but a ma jority of the members expressed disap proval of this Irian, and it was decided to add other features to the clnb and , keep it as a country club for all timer There is probably not a country club In the state that has a - more beautiful piece of property than the Dalton Coun try club, and work will be directed toward improving the property in many ways during the present year. Emory University President to Speak at West Side Sunday School Convention FINE PROGRAM WILL BE GIVEN SATURDAY Convention Meets at Mt. Vernon— East Side Convention in August to Be Addressed by Judge Moses Wright The West Side Sunday School con vention will be held next Saturday, July 23, at Mt. Vernon, and an inter esting program is being planned for the occasion. Dr. Cox, president of Emory University and a leading edu cator of the South, will be present to talk on rural education, and other prominent speakers will have a place on the program. The Sunday schools of the western part of the county are ready for their part in. the program. There will be recitations and plenty of music, the big singing eontest for the banner to be held during the afternoon session. At noon there will be the big picnic dinner which is always a real featif e of these gatherings, and there will be plenty of fried chickens, ham, cakes, etc. - There’s going to be a wondefful day next Saturday at Mt. Vernon and the public is cordially invited to attend. East Side Convention The East Side Sunday School Asso ciation will hold the annual conven tion on Saturday, August 6, at Pleas ant Grove, and extensive preparations are being made Judge Moses Wright, of Rome, gifted Georgia orator, will make the principal address an that occasion. ’Squire Wilson has called on the Sun day schools to arrange fine programs for that day, aijd he has received the assurance that many will take part. j / -■ mS,