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—w --VS Local Cotton Market September 28 Good Middling .21*4 Strict Middling .20% fiddling .20% jJtfjLlSHED 1847—SEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD. VOL.LXXIV. No. 51. $1.50 PER ANNUM. mm-** . • ■■ • - - S' ■■ * • - • 353 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. He to of C. by 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.