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Sunday Schools Urged to Send Rep
resentatives to Meeting on Oc
tober 15-16
Death Came Early Monday Morning
After He Had Been Ill for Sev
eral Weeks—Funeral Serv
ices Tuesday
Mr. Frank Tucker Hardwick died at
2 o’clock Monday morning at his home
on Thornton avenue following an ill
ness of several weeks. .He was in his
seventieth year at the time of his
death.
Mr. Hardwick suffered an attack of
fever and was apparently getting much
better until about a week ■ before his
decease when his heart weakened.
From that time, little hope was held
out for his recovery, and his death was
not unexpected.
Born at Cleveland.
Frank T. Harwich was a son of C. L
and Isabella Tucker Hardwick and was
born March 21, 1S52, at Cleveland,
Tenn.
After attending the common schools,
he was educated at Hiawassee college,
of Madisonville, Tenn., going from
there to Emory and Henry College, Vir
ginia. ;
After completing his college course,
ho returned to Cleveland where, for
about two years, he engaged in the re
tail grocery business.
He came to this city September 23,
1873, and organized the Bank of C. L
Hardwick & Co., and was president of
that successful financial institution at
the time of his death.
Most Successful Business Man.
Mr. Hardwick was prominently ident
ified with the textile industry of this,
section, being president of the Elk Cot
ton Mills, which he was largely instru
mental in building, and treasurer and
chairman of the board of directors of
the Crown Cotton mills, in which he
also had large holdings. He had also
served the Crown mills as vice-pres
ident in the past.
Not only was~he prominently ident
ified with the business life of Dalton,
but he also' was actively interested in
business in Chattanooga. He was in
strumental in the building of the Hogs
head apartments and the Hardwick-
Buick building in the Tennessee city.
He was one of the original incorpo
rators of the Chattanooga National
Bank, and when it was merged with
the First National of Chattanooga, he
became a member of the board of di
rectors of that strong institution, and
was actively interested in banking in
general, being interested in the for
mation of the American Bankers’ asso
ciation. He was also on the directorate
of the First State Trust and Banking
Co., of Chattanooga.
Possessing business acumen and
judgment to a marked degree, his coun
sel was freely sought by his friends in
private . matters, and the firms with
which he was connected were universal
ly successful.
Was Married Here.
Mr. Hardwick was married to Miss
Carrie Belle McCutchen here on March
11, 1880, and she, with the following
Whitfield county singers will meet
October 15-16 at Center Point for the
annual fall convention, and decided in
terest attaches to the approaching
meeting.
The people of Center Point are
making preparations to entertain the
singers and make their stay there a
most pleasant on'e. J. H. WLliams,
president, will preside over the con
vention.
On Saturday, the business of the
organization will be transacted, with
a big all-day singing on Sunday. There
will also be singing on Saturday.
The officers of the association have
issued the following notice to Sunday
school superintendents of this county:
The Whitfield County Singing con
vention will meet with Center Point
church, six miles south of Dalton, Sat
urday and Sunday, October 15 and
16.
Tout are requested and urged to
send two or three delegates from your
church or Sunday school. Meet with
us on the above date. A blue ribbon
will be "given the best conductor on
Saturday by lady judges.
The object of this work is to pro
mote the cause of sacred songs in our
churches and Sunday schools.
Be sure to come, and tell others.
Yours fraternally in the cause of
better music,
J. H. Williams, Pres.;
E. Jackson, Sec.
The weekly meeting of thp Dalton
Merchants’ and Business Men’s asso
ciation last Thursday night resultea
in the appointment of a special com
mittee, composed of B. A. Tyler, C.
P. Hannah and W. T. Kenner to co
operate in any way possible with the
hotel committee of the Dalton Civitan
club for the purpose of getting the
new hotel here.
TJfe recently appointed committee to
take up with the Nashville, Chatta
nooga & St. Louis railroad officials the
matter of restoring to Dalton the
switch qngine and putting back on the
former local freight service, was in
structed to go before the state Rail
road Commission with the request that
the . road be required to give Dalton
the former service, the railroad com
pany having refused to comply with
the request of -the shippers.
Judge Tarver Made Exhaustive
Charge to Grand Jury
When Court Opened
TRAMMELL IS FOREMAN
OCTOBER GRAND JURY
Much Business Disposed of Up to
This Morning—Court Gets
Criminal Docket Today—
One Divorce Refused
A committee composed of J. J. Cope
land, R. D. Bazemore and W. T. Ken
ner was appointed to investigate the
county’s action in letting the bridge
contracts recently without re-adver
tising for bids, after the company to
which the contracts had been award
ed drew out of it.
Mr. Ledbetter, of the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce, was present at the
meeting and made an interesting talk
on the work of the state chamber, and
Mr. C. O. Smith, county farm agent,
talked on potatoes.
The meeting was held at The Bank
of Dalton, where all meetings in' fu
ture will be held. Thursday night of
this week, the members will have a
banquet which will be served by the
ladies of the First Presbyterian church.
ALLEGED FORGER IS
NABBED IN BANK HERE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONSIDER BRIDGE WORK
Will Let Contract Saturday
County Line Bridge
for
At a meeting of the board of county
commissioners Tuesday morning at the
court house, it was decided to have a
joint meeting with the Murray county
E. P. Davis Called Officers When board at 10:30 o'clock next Saturday
Young Man Presented Check
morning for the purpose of re letting
the contract for the county-line bridge
over Sugar Creek. The contract will
The discovery of several small j
checks, the signatures of which ha(l, l!e let to the Luteu Erid S e company,
been forged, caused local bankers to » Mcl1 aIread - v has « according to a state-
on the lookout, and Tuesday af ernoon. “ ent made b * v Mr - goring, repre
sentative of the company, secured
after banking hours, a young man who
gave his name as Grady Nunu, and his
home as Trion. was arrested charged
with the crime. He confessed to the
officials shortly after his arrest, ac
cording to their statement.
After, banking hours Tuesday, Mr.
E. P. Davis, vice president of the First
National Bank, was approached by the
young man who stated he wanted to
cash a check. Seeing the signature
was forged, Mr. Davis invited him in
to the bank and then telephoned for
the officers.
children, survive:' Mrs, J. M. Hogs
head and Mrs. Emmett Newton, of
Chattanooga, and Mr. W. M. Hardwick,
of this city.
Mr. Hardwick’s home life was ideal.
Ever considerate of his family, he
earned the love and respect they bore
him.
Funeral Tuesday Morning.
The»' funeral services were conducted
at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday morning from
the home on Thornton avenue, Rev. H.
C. Emory, pastor of the First Methodist
church, assisted by Rev. John F. Yar
brough, presiding elder, conducting the
service. The mas s of beautiful flowers
and the large crowd present evidenced
the esteem in "which'he was held by his
business and social associates. In re
spect to his memory, practically all
local business houses closed during the
funeral. , •
Mr. Hardwick was actively instru-
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♦ TESTAMENTS TAKEN ❖
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♦ When court opened Monday ♦
♦ morning, Judge Tarver announc- ♦
<>■ ed that someone had stolen all ♦
♦ the testaments from the superior ♦
♦ cburtroom, and it was necessary ♦
♦ to send out and get more before ♦
♦ the witnesses could be sworn,
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Murray county’s part of the contract.
The board voted to attend a meeting
on October 12 at Rome for the purpose
of joining other county commissioners
in the organization of a Seventh dis
trict association of county commis
sioners.
PEOPLE WILL BUILD
SCHOOL AT TICKERS
The October term of Whitfield supe
rior court opened at 9 o’clock Monday
morning, and the organization of the
grand jury was perfected by the selec
tion of Paul B. Trammell as foreman.
Judge Tarver charged the jury at
l?ngth on criminal law, paying especial
attention td the prohibition laws.
Without calling his name, he refer
red to Odus Parsons who has, for sev
eral months, defied arrest and sent
threatening messages to the officers
from his home just south of the city.
He told the grand jury to indict him
on all offenses of which he was guilty,
and also to indict all who helped, in
any way, to shield him from the offi
cers, as accessories after the fact. He
instructed the jury to call before them
Sheriff Peeples and find out what at
tempts were being made to capture
Parsons.
He urged a rigid investigation of
illicit distilling of whiskey. He char;
ed the laws on pistol toting, lewdness,
gambling, etc., and also charged on the
laws against anyone's pursuing his
usual avocation on • Sunday, referring
in this connection to the sale of soft
drinks, tobacco, etc., on Sunday. He
also charged on the automobile laws
relative to the speed limit, the driving
of a car by a person under the influence
of liquor or by a child under 16 years
of age.
Relative to his instructions to the
grand jury in March to indict those
who drove automobiles without the
1921 license tag after March^l, he said
a few negroes and poor white people
had teen indicted but others had not
been, and stated that one lawyer had
discussed the matter with a grand
juror and had interpreted the law in
a different way than that in which the
court had charged. He said that man
was guilty of a crime in so doing.
f
The open season^for squirrels came
with October 1, and now the hunters
can go after cat squirrels until March
1 the time the season closes. The bag
limit is 15 Ter day.
The state game laws were changed at
the last session of the legislature, and
it is now against the law to hunt ’pos
sums, for the season doesn’t open until
November 20th, the ’possum getting
by by being classed as'a fur-bearing
animal. Fox hunters will also do well
to watch their step, for the open sea
son comes November 20. If you want
to slip out and kill a tear or a wild cat,
go to it, for these are not protected;
neither is the rabbit.
To hunt anything, however, it is nec
essary to secure a license, so you would
do well to look up the game warden,
Paul Stinson.
Crown Mill Baseball
Team Closed Season
With Double Victory
Necessary to Postpone Fair One
Week in Order to Secure
Big Show
Defeated Alton Park in Two Games
Saturday After Winning from
Soldiers
Board of Education Granted Permis
sion to Committee
A delegation of The people from the
Tuckers settlement appeared before
the county board of education at the
meeting Tuesday at the court house,
asking permission to erect a school
luilding there.
The board granted the request and
notified the committee that the school
boundaries would be defined later.
COUNCIL FAILED TO CALL
A SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
Wrangle Cs me Up Over Bond Commission and Meeting
Adjourned With Two Resolutions Before Council
For Some Sort of Action
City council, at the meeting Monday
night, failed to pass the resolution
calling for a bond election for school
improvements, adjourning with two
separate resolutions up for action.
The first resolution was introduced
by Councilman Kettles, and called for
the election to be held on December
19. the issue to be for $90,000 and bear
6 per cent interest, with the retirement
of a portion of the bonds each year un
til the entire issue would he retired
by 1942. It named a bond commission,
composed of Frank Manly, W. C. Mc
Ghee T. S."Shope, F. S. Pruden, Paul
Fite, E. P. Davis, T. D. Ridley and
B.
J J Copeland, to work in connection
with city council in selling the bonds journ. Councilmen Kettles, Stacy,
had been seconded, Councilman Ken
ner offeied an amendment, the resolu
tion being the same as the first one ex
cept the members of the bond commis
sion, Councilman Kenner’s resolution
substituting for Messrfe. Davis. Ridley
and Copeland, the finance committee of
ciry council.
As a starter Mayor Wood stated that
he would rule that both resolutions
went further than the committee he
had appointed had been authorized to
go. namely, in the appointment of a
bond i jmmission.
After considerable talk had passed
back axd forth across the table, Coun
cilman Kenner made a motion to ad-
Bridge Contract.
He called attention to an article In
last week’s Citizen relative to the. coun
ty board’s letting a bridge contract
without re-advertising, for bids after
the company to which the contract had
originally been awarded had been per
mitted to draw out of the contract. He
urged the jury to investigate this mat
ter, and, if the facts warranted, to get
the matter corrected before it went
further.
All in all, the charge was a most ex
haustive one, and from the instructions
given, it is expected that the grand
jury will turn out a big amount of
work.
Open Seasons.
Here are the open seasons, together
with the bag limits, as supplied by
State Game and Fish Commissioner J.
Frank Rhodes:
Quail, Nov. 20th to March 1st. 25 in
one day.
Doves. Aug. 1st to 31st, and Nov.
20th to March 1st. 25 in one day. (Na
tional Law, Nov. 20tji to Jan. 31st. 25
in one day.)
Wild turkeys, either sex, Nov. 20th
to March 1st. Two in season.
Cat squirrels, Oct. 1st to March 1st.
15 in one day.
Deer, either sex. Nov. 1st to Dec.
31st. Two in season. National Law,
Oct. 1st to Nov. 1st. '
Summer or wood duck, Sept. 1st to
Jan. 1st. 25 in one day. (National
Law prohibits killing of summer or
wood ducks.)
Migratory duck, Sept. 1st to April
20th. 50 in one day. (National Law,
Nov. 1st to Jan. 31st. 25 in one day.)
Woodcock, Sept 1st to Jan. 1st. 25
in one day. (National Law, Nov. 1st
to Dec. 31st 6 in one day.)
Plovers, ^Nov. 20th to March 1st. 25
in one day. (National Law, Nov. 20th
to Jan. 31st. 15 in one day.)'
Snipe, Dec. 1st to May 1st 25 in one
day. (National Law, Nov. 1st to Jan.
31st. 25 in one day.)
Fur-bearing animals, skunk, opossum,
muskrat raccoon, red and grey fox,
beaver, mink, otter. Nov. 20th to
March 1st.
Bear and wild cat may be hunted
and taken at any time.
N. B.—The Federal Migratory Bird
Act has been declared constitutional by
the United States Supreme Court and
all hunters are warned that the posses
sion of a state license will not protect
tliem from prosecution by federal ward
ens. The only safe course to pursue is
to comply with state and federal laws.
FIREWORKS A FEATURE
FOUR NIGHTS OF FAIR
The Crown Cotton mill baseball
team wound up the season in a blaze
of glory by taking the game Wednes
day afternoon from the Sixth Infantry
team, and then getting both ends of a
double-header from Alton Park Sat
urday afternoon. The soldiers were
defeated by a 4 to 2 score, and the Al
ton Park games resulted in scores of
3 to 2 and 3 to 0, with the locals carry
ing the big end in both contests. *
Roberts Shows Coming Here Froi
North Georgia Fair at Rome—
County’s Biggest Fair
Open Week of 17th
to
Scare Thrown In.
The game 4 with the Sixth Infantry
team brought consternation into the
locai^camp for a time, for the visitors
led by a score of 2 to 0 up to the
eighth inning. Caldwell had pitched a
great game, the 2 runs scored being
the result of errors with only one hit.
and it was Caldwell’s hit that won
the game in the eighth. Four runs
were made by the locals in this in
ning.
The Business.
Superior court has been very busy
this week, and, as a result, much busi
ness was disposed of Monday and Tues
day. Today (Wednesday) the. crim
inal docket will be taken up.
Of the divorce docket, eleven di
vorces were granted; one was denied
and 3 of the suits were dismissed, be
cause of the plaintiff’s failure to ap
pear.
In addition to this, the following
business had been disposed of up. to
thi s morning:
J. L. Johnson & Co. vs. J. A. Martin;
verdict for plaintiff for $121.40 and in
terest.
S. F. Sinor vs. S. N. Yarnell; dis
missed.
Cohutta Banking Co. vs. E. W. Car
ter; verdict for plaintiff for $934.2S,
interest and attorneys’ fees.
Mrs. Kate Speck vs. F. A. Hamilton,
executor estate of J. Wi Bowie; ver
dict for plaintiff.
Smith-Hall Grocery Co. vs. W. C.
Warmack; verdict for plaintiff for
$645.89 and interest.
J. E. Satterfield vs. W. U. Gordon;
verdict for plaintiff for $500, interest
voted by the people, and i Staten and Roberts refused, to vote for and attorneys’ fees.
mental in the upbuilding of this sec- (
H e was interested in a big ma-; j* contracts for the work to tan adjournment, the tie vote being
j°rity of Dalton’s industries, and it was ietti g ' i dwidefi bv Mav.n- TVnnrt’c do.Mnrino-
largely duetto his efforts that the Ham- be done.^
(Continued on last page.)
j decided by Mayor Wood’s declaring the
^After Councilman Kettles’ resolution;meeting adjourned.
R. L. Bates et al vs. Dave Stewart;
verdict against defendant for costs.
(Continued on last page.)/
Alton Park Games.
It was Alton Park that the locals
wanted to meet, for the count between
the teams stood one each; with an un
decided game thrown in.
Caldwell pitched the first game, and
held the visitors safe until the ninth
inning. Then they started a batting
rally, which, coupled with two errors,
gave them two runs, just one shy of
ying the contest. Whitson’s fieJdiDg
-vas a feature of this game.
CIVITAN LUNCHEON AT
FITE’S STORE FRIDAY
Ladies of Methodist Church to Serve
Luncheon This Week
The regular Civitan luncheon will Le
held Friday of this week at Fite’s
store and will be served by the ladies
of the First Methodist church, which
means that the members of the club
vill be well looked after. Two weeks
go, the ladies of the First Presbyterian
church served the luncheon, and two
weeks from next Friday, the ladies of
the First Baptist church will have
charge.
Many matters of genuine interest
null come before the meeting, and a
Urge attendance is desired.
In the second game, Lasater showed
his mastery over the visitors by shut
ting them out. Although the visitors
hit Lasater safely seven times in sev
en innings, he tightened in the pinches
and wasn’t threatened. Wallace was
responsible for all runs, hitting two
over left field fence, one of them driv
ing in Claud Williams.
Score first game: R H E
Crown 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 *—3 9 3
Alton Fk-OOOOQOOO 2—2 4 4
Batteries: Caldwell and Wallace;
Burkheart and Senter.
Score second game: R H. E
(’rown Mills __0 0 0 2 0 1 *—3 7 1
Alton Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 7 0
> Batteries: Lasater and Wallace; Kil
lian and Senter.
Officers of the Whitfield county fair
Tuesday night decided to postpone the
Whitfield county fair for one week
and, instead of opening next Monday
as originally determined upon, the
opening date will be Monday, October
17.
This step was taken to secure for
fair visitors an exceptionally good mid
way attraction. One company wanted
to come in next week; but it was not
up to the standard of past years, and
when the chance presented itself to
secure what is probably the biggest
show the association has eyer secured
by postponing the fair for one week,
the officers voted to do so.
The attraction secured is the Rob
erts United Shows, which plays next
week at the North Georgia Fair, Rome,
and comes here from there. The ad
vance man states that his company
carries fourteen shows, four rides
and sixty concessions, and this will
fill just about all available room with
in the grounds.
Fireworks Bought.
Fireworks will be a feature four
nights of fair week, and some great
displays have been arranged. Presi
dent Wilson on Saturday received a
telegram from the fireworks company
stating that the fireworks were ship *
ped out on Saturday, Oct. 1, and they
will arrive in plenty of time for the
fair. These displays will be given on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday nights. The fireworks of two
years ago made such a hit, that the
association decided to have four great
fireworks programs this year. They
will cost several hundred dollars; but
fhe people who attend will appreciate
INTERESTING SINGING
WAS HELD LAST SUNDAY
In Spite of Threatening Weather, At
tendance Was Good
The union gospel sing held last Sun
day afternoon at the court house here
attracted a good crowd despite the
threatening weather.
Many singers were present, and a
fine program of sacred music was rend
ered.
DR. C. C. THATCH, PRESIDENT
EMERITUS OF AUBURN, DEAD
Distinguished Southern Educator Died Here Where He
Came in search of Health- Heart Attack Thought
To Have Caused His Death.
Dr. Charles Coleman Thatch, pres
ident emeritus of the Alabama Poly
technic Institute, Auburn, Ala., died
suddenly at about six o’clock Monday
night at “Overlook,” the home of Miss
W. G. Burson where'he and his wife
had an apartment. They came here
several weeks ago, hoping Dr. Thach’s
health would improve, but he gradual
ly grew weaker until the end came
Monday night.
Dr. Thatch was at supper Monday
night when he was stricken, and he wa s
dead before a physician could reach
him. As he had suffered from heart
trouble, it is believed that this was the
cause of his death. "
Dr. Thatch was bom at Athens; Ain ,
June 9, 1960. 'He attended the Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute and later
was a student at Johns Hopkins uni
versity. He received the degree of A.
M. from the University of Alabama,
and later the degree of LL. D. from the
same institution. He was made pres
ident of Alabama Polytechnic Insti-
them.
Added Prizes.
The premium list this year' shows
prizes aggregating $1,500, the prizes
amounting to about $500 more than
llose of last year. With the added
piemiums, it is believed the exhibits
ivill be much more numerous and bet
ter. *
One feature worthy of note is the
$35 prize money offered on hay ex
hibits.
V ith the added week given for prep
aration. it is believed more people will
make exhibits. The farmers are ex
tremely busy in their cotton fields, and
in view of this, it is believed that in
stead of a drawback, the postponement
of the fair a week will make for bet
ter attendance and exhibits.
Cobb Coming Back.
T. C. Cobb, editor of the Southern
Ruralist, who made such a hit with
his talk to the farmers here some time-
ago, will be back this 'year, and on
Thursday, October 20. will address the
people on the difference in farming
with and without cattle on the farm.
This subject is extremely timely in
view of the proposed creamery, and Mr.
Cobb will have a wealth of information
for the farmers.
Also on Thursday, there will be a
riding contest, with numerous prizes
for the best saddle horse, the best rid- -
ing, etc.
^Exhibits Wanted.
An effort will be made to make the
woman’s building especially attractive
this year, with a great display from
the children. In this department^ it
is desired that various articles of
fancy work—anything on which prizes
are not offered—be brought In so that
tute in 1902. He was a member of the« tbe Premium list committee next year
Rhodes scholarship commission of Ala
bama, being one of the most disting
uished educators of the South.
He is survived by his wife, two
can offer prizes on these.
To Advertise.
This week, automobiles carrying ad-
the postpone-.
vertising matter showins
daughters and two sons. His wife, whojment of the fair will go into various
was wffh him at the time of hi s death,: sections to notify the people of the
on Tuesday morning accompanied the change In dates,
body to Atlanta, and from there on to | Next week’s Citizen will contain the
Auburn, Ala.
I final announcements.
