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Local Cotton Market
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Strict Middling .20%
fiddling .20%
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An ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Billboard.
DALTO&, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1921
Third Game Between
Alton Park and Local
Team Brings Dispute
Crown Mills Were Leading 4 to 1
When Play Came Which Caused
Game to Be Stopped Here
Nashville Bridge Company Gets Many Automobiles
Contract Made with County | v Will Leave Dalton
Cancelled
To Advertise Fair
CvTIMATED THEY WERE
THREATENED WITH SUIT
Merchants’ and Business Men’s Asso
ciation Behind Tour—Associa
tion Met Thursday Night
Awarded Contract at Higher I
Figure Without Re-advertising for
Bids-
_To Cost County
$3,500 More
Over
At a meeting of the Dalton Business
Men’s and Merchants’ association last
Thursday evening at the office of the
Dalton Buggy company, G. L. Harlan
and J. S. Thomas announced that 21
automobiles had been pledged for the
Ata meet “ S o„ f i!L^° a » r f trips t0 be made through
section to advertise the approach-
commissioners Saturday at the court
lmise the contract for the four con- \ z s
arete bridges to be erected in the coun-jing Whitfield county fair and to give
was awarded to the Luten Bridge the people a cordial invitation to visit
company after the Nashville Bridge I Dalton at all times,
company which had been given a con Th e first trip was planned for today,
“ig^ad thTcontract a canc^p 3 others wiU be made ap tb€
JJJ bridges will cost the county $3,727 opening day of the fair on October 10.
more than the original contract. The automobiles will carry the bus-
The Nashville Bridge company in- mess men of Dalton into all sections
formed the county that they had re- of tbis an( j adjoining counties, and will
ceived word from Murray county that, only serve t 0 thoroughly advertise
if they proceeded with the erection of
the countv line bridge, the contract foe tba county fair, but will give
which was awarded them at the same the business men and the farmers an
time as the Whitfield county bridge excellent opportunity to meet and be-
contract, there would be an injunction come better acquainted,
brought to prevent their collecting the} ^ bbe mee (.j n g i a committee, corn-
money for the bridge on the j^oun s i poged Qf B A T y ler> T . D . Bidley, J
thpt their plans were not on file witn
the boards when the bids for the bridge S. Thomas and E. C. Coffey, was ap-
were being advertised for. They then Pointed to attend all meetings of city
went to Murray and rather than get I council so that if anything of interest
Mo litigation, cancelled the contract to the association comes up, they can
on permission from the Murray board. to the association, getting
They further stated that they had first hand knowledge of the various
received similar warning that the same I matters,
steps would be taken if they built the R. L. Denton wap appointed as a com-
WMtfield county bridges. mittee o£ one to go to Atlanta on Mon-
At the meeting, the hoard agreed to I day of this week to attend a meeting
let them withdraw their contract, and relative to intra-state freight rates,
t^n, without further advertising for Mr. F. F. Farrar was appointed as a
Mds they let the contract to the Luten I committee of one by the Civitans to
Bridge company. The Nashville con-. attend the meeting,
com made bids aggregating $11,773 for it was voted in future to hold the
the four county bridges. Luten’s bids I meetings of the association in the rear
aggregated $16,000. The agreement in [room of The Bank of Dalton,
the beginning was to reduce this $200
if all the bridges were given to the
Luten company, and Saturday a for-
thr reduction of $300 was made. These
were the only two concerns bidding on
the arch type, reinforced concrete
bridge.
Judge Wood stated to a representa
tive of The Citizen that the Nashville
concern stated that if the board would
re-advertise for bids, leaving their
plans on file as required by law, their
bid would be approximated the same
as their first bid, depending on the
condition of the material market at I Knights Templar Pay Tribute
the time they made their bid. Wihen
to Their Dead in Impres
sive Manner
the board accepted the Nashville com
pany’s hid, the plans were filed -with
the bid.
Members of the board voting to
award the contract to Luten statedIADDRESS GIVEN
The third and deciding game between
the Crown . Cotton mill and Alton Park
baseball teams broke up in the begin
ning of the seventh inning Saturday
afternoon at the Crown mill park, with
the umpires failing to render a decis
ion, and, in spite of the fact that the
local team was leading by a 4-to-l score
when the play came up which broke
up the game, the count stands 1 to 1
between the two teams.
The game was* one of the/best seen
here this year. The visitors started
scoring in the fourth inning, when a
run was pushed across, and, with the
way the teams were playing, it ap
peared that the done run would be
enough to decide the contest In the
locals’ half of the sixth, however, four
counters were shoved across, and the
game was apparently on ice, for Cald
well was working in fine style, the vis
itors having made only three hits off
him.
When the visitors came up in the
seventh, with two men on and none
out the ball was hit to short. Williams
fielded it and threw, to third. It would
have been a force out, but the runner
did a kangaroo, waving his arms at
the same time; the ball hit him and
he scored. The man umpiring the bases
couldn’t see the interference and ruled
the man was safe, and then the trouble
started. It finally reached the point
where the umpire was ready to reverse
his decision; but the visiting manager
wouldn’t hear to it, and the home man
ager wouldn’t listen to the decision’s
standing, and after considerable talk,
the two teams left the field with noth
ing decided.
Caldwell got three hits in as many
times at bat, and Claud Williams at
second played a great game, these be
ing the outstanding features. The lo
cals made 8 hits off Killian, who struck
out three men, while Caldwell held the
visitors to 3 hits and struck out 7. To
start the game, Caldwell pitched seven
straight strikes without any of them
being fouled. The eighth ball was
fouled by the batter.
Alton Park Won.
Alton Park won Friday’s game by
| Superior .Court to
Open October Term
Here Next Monday
LEE
Divorce Cases Set for Monday, with
Criminal Docket Up Wednesday
Morning—The Jurors
Road Matters Discussed at Civ-
itan Meeting Last Friday
Afternoon
FULL INDORSEMENT IS
GIVEN SCHOOL BONDS I sumed ‘
Whitfield superior court will meet
next Monday morning at 10 o’clock at
the court house for a busy week. Cases
have been set through Friday, and -with
the grand' jury in session, It is proba
ble that the entire week will be con-
Walker Knick Bound
Over to Grand Jury \
By Superior Court
Club Goes on Record as Being J j or nearing.
Monday will- bring the divorce dock-
let, and twelve of these .cases are set
Ordered Held Under $500 Bond Un
til Jury Can Further Investigate
Death of Clarence Taylor
Civil business will occupy Monday
land Tuesday, with criminal
Wednesday and Thursday. Several
I civil cases are set for Friday.
Judge M. C. Tarver will preside and
H. J. Smith, chairman of the Civi-I" 111 cbar S e ^ S rand as s00n as
Squarely Behind Bond Issue
for Extension to School Sys
tem—Many Visitors There
tan club’s hotel committee, reported at I that body is organized after court
the meeting Friday afternoon that the meets. Solicitor General Joe M. Lang
time for talking "was over, and the I ^ look ^gj. sta te* s interests.
The following jurors have
|drawn to serve for the term:
been
Grand Jurjr. •
Green Carlock, Bart Loner, Thomas
|j. Cooper, William A. Caylor, George
time had arrived to !>ut.
He stated that after discussing the
matter from all angles, it was the con
sensus of opinion that the hotel should
go back on the same site as the old
Hotel Dalton, the investment to be
about $310,000.
He further stated that all details IL. Carpenter, John M. Masters, Ches-
bad been worked out, and announced ter M. Martin, John C. Black, William
that the stock subscription list would I p Elrod, Ace E. White, Henry' "T.
be circulated immediately, and,it would Lj - Ch> Tbomas B WrigM? j ohn H .
be seen just how much Dalton people
really wanted a modem hoteL ^ Josepl1 E ‘ Wlutson ’ | B * Hil1 ’
Prominent Guests. Loring F. Kelly, Luke Kenemer, Ed-
Congressman Gordon Lee, Govern- ward P. Davis, Pinkney Newman, J. G.
ment Engineer Crossman and District I McLellan, William M. Mania, j. w.
Engineer Simonton were guests of the jj| Bray, Boone Bowers, Charles L.
club and all talked on good roads mat- Foster, Jacob A. Ault, William H. Pit-
ters. Other guests were Judge H. J. neri Grover J. Martin, Bartley C. Wil-
Wood, County Commissioners War- j S0Ilj Marshall Westbrook, Thomas S.
mack and Tatum; Messrs. O. T. Pee- j Wilson,
pies, B. C. Sloan, George Woodrow,
Earl Powell, Charles Young, Lewis j Traverse Jur^.
Peeples and Jack Knight, of Carters-} jack C. Cavender, Riley P. Jones,
ville; Charley Hagin, of Rome; Mr. Andrew J. Robinson, Ivan P. Moore,
Townsend, of New York; Mr. Lavender, | Lewis W. Shnltes^William A. Mania
Walter C. Fagin^George W. Hamilton,
(Continued on last page.)
the score of 4 'to 1, the game being
played at the fair grounds.
Lassater, pitching for the locals, had
one bad inning, but outside of that, he
was unbeatable. It was in the second
inning, when several errors, coupled
with a few hits, netted the visitors
four runs.
Burkheart was working right, and
the four runs his team-mates gave
him were more than enough.
iScore by innings: R H E
Crown ____0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 O—l 3 3
Alton Park 0 4000000 0—411 2
Batteries, Lassater and Wallace;
Burkheart and Green.
Coming Back Saturday.
The team will return to Dalton next
Saturday for another game with the
Crown Mill team, to he played at the
Crown mill park, and from the inter
est shown and the fact that both teams
are great ones, the grounds should be
filled.
Wayland Callaway, L. A. Kelly, Max
well S. Charles, Mark J. Edwards,
John Owensby, William C. Palmer, R.
A. Williams, Thomas A. Nance, James
A. George, Bert L. Revis, William G.
Crow, Robert L. Mann, Walter C,
Cleckley, Thomas O. Rollins, J. Roy
Whitener, Milton J. Sh'eram, James A.
Thomason, Clarence A. Fraker, Wil
liam F. Anderson, Robert C. Hackney,
John H. Gentle, George W. Bryant,
James E. Capehart, John G. Freylach,
James A. Carter, Walter P. Bowen,
Marvin L. Broadrick, Clifton H.
Clarke, Carter C. Stacy, Jesse H. Hall,
Walker Knick was bound over to the
grand jury under $500 bond Saturday
afternoon by Judge Tarver, pending the
grand jury’s investigation of the death
Clarence Taylor (colored), whose
lifeless body was found last week near
the Southern road tracks just south
the city. The three sons of Knick,
who were arrested with him, were re
leased.
Both of the physicians who examined
the body, Dr. Steed, who was called to
the place where the man was killed,
and Dr. McAfee, testified that in their
opinion, he was killed by a train, every
indication being that he attempted to
cross the track and was hit by the
engine.
Other witnesses testified that while
Knick and one of his sons were look
ing for Taylor on Sunday before the
body was found Monday morning, they
didn’t appear angry, but were rather
anxious to see him in reference to a
case made against another of the Knick
boys the preceding day.
Ida Morrison, a colored woman, tes
tified that at abont midnight, she heard
screams apparently coming from abont
the same place where the body was
found, and later two men ran alongside
the track in front of her home. She
swore that one of them said, “Well,
you done it,” and the other replied,
“Hush trp, or I’ll kill yon.”
She couldn’t positively identify the
men, but she swore that thinking of it
afterward, she thought one of the men
was Knick.
that they wanted the bridges built be- ],
fore winter, which would be impossible
if they waited to re-advertise for bids
they also wanted the bridges in the
BY NATIONAL OFFICER
Northern part of the county built while Q ran d Prelate Beatty Told of Princi-
DALTON GOLFERS WON
FROM CARTERSVILLE
the convict gang was in that section.
There were only two companies bid-1
ding on the arch type of bridge at the
time the original contract was awarded.
With the withdrawal of the Nashville j
company’s figures, the ' contract was
awarded without the hoard having a
competitive bM.
pies of Order—Was Introduced by
Grand Master Orr of Grand En-
Interesting Game Held Friday
Dalton Country Club
campment of United States
REVIVAL IS STARTED
The memorial services of St. Johns
Commandery No. 19, Knights Templar,
were most impressive, benig held Sun-
The services
day afternoon.
_______ I ofarfpri at the First Methodist church,
AT CHURCH AT pETHEL ^thicTthe crowd went to West
Hill cemetery where the services were
Rev. H. C. Emory Assisting Rev. C. I comp i e ted with the decoration of the
H. Williams in Services graves of the departed S Jf
Members of St. Johns Commandery,
Rev. c. H. Williams has started re-1 together with the commanderies o
rival services at Bethel church, and I Chattanooga, Atlanta,
Cartersville
at Jtseuiei «*<**—> — — - ...
tie meeting has opened under the most | Bobe aad ^f^’ttmre
favorable conditions. - at the asylum and
Rev. H.C. Emory, pastor of the First L 0 Fir st Meth^dist church whej
Methodist church, is assisting in ^ two sections of seats had been r^rvea.
meeting. The public is cordially in- There were between ^ form
vlted to attend. Knights in line, in full dress uniform,
with sword.
COL. F. T. HARDWICK IS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
The “arch of steel” was formed,
through which the members marched-
into the church.
The invovation was by Rev. John r.
Children All at Bedside of Prominent h oa „h acting prelate of Sfc Johns
Local Banker |Yarfiron 0 , . ..
Tte condition of Col. F. T. Hard-t O.‘n'cartei Mrs. Neal Hamilton
president of the Bank of O. •• ^ M. Jones, with Miss Cat ^
Sard wick & Co. and one of Dalton 8 | an^ acco mpanist. The music
leading citizens, is critically ill at b ®l g a be autiful feature of the service.
home on South Thornton avenue. His „ bert Lovem an gave several of his
children are all at his bedside. _-. nen t poems suitable to the occa-
Me has been sick for several weeks,
hat it was not until Sunday that his Eminent Sir t. D. Ridley, deputy
condition became alarming. His many | (Continued on page six)
friends yet hope for his recovery.
at
Messrs. O. T. Peeples, B. C. Sloan,
George Woodrow, Earl Powell, Charles
Young, Lewis Peeples and Jack Knight,
of Cartersville, came to this city last
Friday for a return golf match with
seven players of the Dalton Country
club, the local team winning by' four
matches to three.
The local team was composed of
Second Annual Bible Institute John l Martin / Jolln h. Ware, jewel
Will Be Held at First W. Coffey, Paul B. Trammell, Sr., Wal-
ter C. McGhee, Charles A. Payne, Wil-
Lhurch Next Month lliam F. Adams, W. D. Poteet, Luther
Parks, Claud R. Henry.
PROMINENT DIVINES
TO ATTEND MEETING | PR0MINENT FARMER
DIED LAST TUESDAY
Important Gathering for Northwest
Georgia Scheduled for October
25 - 30 — Inspirational Ad
dresses to Be Given
|Gus Yaeger Was One of County’s
Substantial Citizens
Mr. Gus Yaeger, 65 years old, died
| at his home six miles south of Dalton
The second annual Baptist Bible evening, Sept. 20. Although
Messrs. J. P. Godwin, Julian McCamy,
F. K. Sims, H. L. Smith, G. L. West-
cott, L. B. Lawton and Hubert Judd.
This evens the count with Carters
ville, the local golfers having been de
feated on their trip to Cartersville sev
eral weeks ago.
$150 REWARD OFFERED
FOR STILES’ CAPTURE
ference will be held in Dalton, First | be bad been in had health for a num-
Baptist church, October 25-30. Dr. bar of y ears an ? R 1 a very seriouffcon-
Josiah Crudup, pastor First Baptist J dition for some months, his death was
church, will lecture on Acts of the| a great shock to his many friends of
Apostles, and Dr. J. W. O’Hara, Car-j Whitfield county,
tersville, enlistment field worker North- He was bom in Dalton Feb. 21,1856,
west Georgia Baptist executive com- and resided in this county throughout
mittee, wil % lecture on the “Efficient his entire life. He was one of Whit-
Church.” Inspirational addresses will field county’s most prosperous farmer?
be made at night by leading denomina- and business men, continuing in active
tional representatives. business until a few months before his
Every pastor and preacher in North- j death. He was at one time vice-presi-
west Georgia is urged to attend. The dent of the Bank of Dalton and took
Dalton people will furnish entertain- heading and active part in various other
ment to all. Below is the daily pro- enterprises of Whitfield county,
gram as'arranged: 4 was always ready to assist or lend
10:00 A.M.—Devotional. j helping hand to his neighbors or friends
10:15 A.M.—The Efficient Church, tn time of need. •
Dr. J. W. O’Hara. -n , , „ „ ■
11 AA * M He w ® s married May 20, 1883*
11:00A.M.—Bible Studies in Acts, _ , „ . . • ’ ”
- .sc - ien,rs. I Miss Vinie Coker, of this county. Five
ii Tau ^ ' i m i /i children were bom to them of whom
Disc^on and] fonr He ^ ^ by Wg
wife, Mrs. Vinie Yaeger, of Dalton
two sons, Erwin Yaeger ,of Dalton,
Man Who Killed C. H. Wheat Is
Wanted Here
Governor Hardwick has issued
proclamation offering a reward of $150
for the capture of Pearly Stiles,
charged v^th the offense of murder.
Stiles is charged with the killing of C.
H. Wheat which occurred in August at
Nance’s spring south of the city.
The proclamatoin offering the re
ward appears elsewhere in this Issue
of The Citizen.
and Charles J. Yaeger, of McDonongh
two daughters, Mrs. J. M. Cavender,
of Dalton, and Mrs. W. N. ThAtnaa
Conferenqe.
Noon—Adjournment.
2:00 P.M.—Devotional.
2:15 P.M.—Bible Studies In Acts,
Dr. Josiah Cradup.
3.00 P.M.—The Efficient Church, Dr. I ““T“V^ T7‘ ^
t w O’Hnm * I gtrauss > N - M -! four brothers, H.
' , _« . ,]Yaeger, Hebbronville, Tex.; John
3.40 P3I.—General Discussion and 1
Conference.
Inspirational addresses:
“Evangelism,” Dr. W. W. Hamilton,
Oct. 25, 8:00 P.M.
Yaeger, Duncan, OMa.; George Yaeger,
Springer, Okla., and L. C. Yaeger, Tal
lahassee, Fla.,
Funeral services were conducted
‘Education,” Dr. R. W. Weaver, Oct Rev - William Adair, of Adairsville,
26, 8:00 P.M. from the home of the deceased Wednes-
“Home Missions,” Dr. B. D. Gray, I da V afternoon, and in spite of the rough
Oct 27, 8:00 P.M. rainy weather, there was a large crowd
“Foreign Missions,” Dr. H. M. Fu- o£ his many friends and neighbors
gate, Oct 28, 8:00 P.M. their last respect to their depart
“Georgia Baptist Program,” Dr. Arch |friend and loved one. He was later
C. Cree, Oct 30, 11:00 A.M. j iaid to rest in Dug Gap cemetery.
Htetn
• Local Cotton Market
September 28
Good'Middling .21%
Strict Middling .20%
Middling .20%
1921 Mill FIR m
Exhibitors Will Be Busy All of
Next Week Geting Their
Products Ready
PURE BRED POULTRY
SALE TO BE FRIDAY
Exhibits at Coming Fair Promise to
Be Unusually Fine-*-Complete An
nouncements to Be Made in Next
Week’s Citizen
Bond Committee Will Probably
Be Ready to Submit Res
olution Monday
GETTING FIGURES ON
THE AMOUNT NEEDED
Estimate on Cost of Building Want
ed Before Committee Can Decide
on Amount of Bonds Needed—
To Call Election
Within a week, those who will make
big farm exhibits will be busy at work
at the fair grounds, for the gates open
one week from next Monday on the
1921 county fair.
The work connected with making a
general farm exhibit requires several
days’ time, and several of the promi
nent farmers of the county will make
these exhibits at the fair this year.
In addition, the many interested in
the community exhibits will be making
their plans to have their exhibits just
as complete and attractive as possible.
There is work to be done at the
fair grounds before the fair opens, and
carpenters will put the fences and
buildings in apple-pie order by the time
the opening day rolls around. The
grounds will be thoroughly cleaned off
in preparation for the fair.
Live Stock Exhibits.
With enough promises of agricultural
exhibits on hand to insure an excellent
agricultural fair, every effort-is going
to be made to have the live stock de
partment up to the high standard of
the past. Last year, the live stock
show was not as good as it had been:
btit thi syear it is believed it will he
much better.
The poultry show will also be a good
one this year, and plans are being made
for a big pure-bred poultry sale to he
held on Friday of Yak week. While
this sale will be promoted by the home
economics agent, Mrs. Moore,.for the
members of the Poultry club, all others
who have pure-bred bkds can put .them
in the sale.
Woman’s Building:
The committee in charge of the wom
an’s building has requested The Citizen
to impress upon the women the neces
sity of making the woman’s building
one of the most attractive parts of the
fair, as it always has been.
Special committees will have charge
of the various departments.
John Tibbs, chakman of the live
stock department, announces that there
will be plenty of “scrub” horse racing,
the program being more varied than
it has been in the past.
So far, the amusements committee
is not ready to make any announce
ment relative to the amusement feat
ures of the fak. Decided difficulty has
been encountered in the attempt to se
cure a first-class carnival company for
the fak; bat the committee Is still busy
sending telegrams and hopes to line up
an excellent bunch of attractions.
The Citizen next week will carry the
final announcement of the fak, and
will contain all information relative to
the big show.
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C.
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The special committee to get up the
resolution for city council to adopt call
ing for an election for public school
bonds is busy this week and every ef
fort is being made to get the resolution
ready for the regular meeting of city
council next Monday night.
Mr. Frank Manly, chakman of the
school board and one of the first named
on Mayor Wood’s committee, has taken
the matter up with various architects
and contractors, and they will furnish
him, probably this week, an estimate
’of the cost of a modem high-school
building with auditorium in connection.
Until this information is available, the
committee i s uncertain as to the
amount of bonds needed to build the
high school and make the improve
ments necessary to the grammar
schools.
The resolution, when presented, will
specify the amount of bonds to be vot
ed on, the purpose for which the pro
ceeds from the sale of the bonds will
be used, the amount of Interest they
will bear, the time of maturity, etc.
The committee is also looking into
the question of opening the registra
tion books for the election, and also
the question of women voting, this lat
ter being a matter which has resulted
in litigation over, the bond election
recently carried in Atlanta.
Every effort is going to be made to
have everything done exactly accord
ing to law so no question can be raised
when the election is called and the
bonds are voted.
FARMERS CAN SECURE
UNCLE’S PICRIC ACID
State College to Distribute Free Gov
ernment Explosives
Arrangements have been completed
by which the one million pounds of pic
ric acid which Uncle Sam is giving to
the Georgia farmers for agricultural
purposes, will be distributed through
the extension division of the Georgia
State School of Agriculture, says Mr.
J. Phil Campbell, Director.
The government gives this explosive
to the farmers for agricultural purpos
es, chiefly for land clearing and drain
age. The only cost to the farmers will
be seven cents a pound for reworking
the war material into cartridges suit
able for agricultural purposes, distri
bution and freight charges.
This is the first time, picric add has
been used for agricultural purposes,
but when the government decided to
dispose of the huge surplus of the ex
plosive remaining from the war it was
dedded to give it to the farmers, and
on account of the large area of cut
over lands in this state, Georgia re
ceived a big share of it.
The picric add will be distributed
only through the county agents of the
state and the farmers who are inter
ested are asked to communicate as
quickly as possible with the agents, as
it Is not known how long the supply
allotted to this state will last. Com
plete Information has been mailed to
the agents, and they will be glad of
any assistance in the distribution of
this free material.