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;} Local Cotton Market October 12 appp||§g • 1 v }" -.1 j Good Middling .20% I 1 Strict Middling .1 *t% ! 1 Middling .1)% i itmn An ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Billboard. Local Cotton Market October 12 Good Middling .20% Strict Middling .19% Middling .19% i ESTABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-T HREE YEARS OLD. dalton, ga„ Thursday, October 13,1921. VOL.LXXIV. No. 26. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Whitfield County’s Great Fair Will Open Gates at Fair Grounds Next Monday Morning : Grand Jury Follows Oilier Grand Juries in Asking Board to Build Jail University Campaign For Million Dollars Is Started This Week BRIDGE CONTRACTS MISTAKE, SAYS JURY Board Urged to Re-Advertise for Bids on Four County Bridges— • '■ Would Support Restroom—Gen eral Presentments Are Made The October term grand jury ad journed Saturday afternoon after mak ing the general presentm ants in which were several important recommenda tions, among which were the follow ing: The building of a new Sail. — An appropriation of $500 toward pay- ing indel tedness of tin Maples Me morial Restroom. The jury expressed the belie£.lhat ; a mistake had teen made by the board iof county commissioners in letting [the bridge contracts to the Lnten Bridge company witho; t re-advertis ing for bids, and reco jnieuded that the action should be changed if it could done without involving tne county instigation. tenfcfqp to the :W jail, seating had madevthe ind express^ would follow Prese We, your grand , drawn and sworn for October, 21, term, beg ’leave to submit the fo .owing present ments: Judge Tarv] recommendat -that several 3. H. Watson Local Chairman—Whit field’s Quota Is Over $7,000— Money Is Badly Needed same recommence « the hope that t^e boa. the reconiinendalion. The present pended: full are ap We have, by committee, examined f .. the county farm, and ; nd the farm in shape, with 13 in nates, 11 white 00- ' colored, well cared for and sat- Bunker *->, e houses ar ‘ in good shape $100. - we for -d a lot of sup- f^^Acre, 2% nd „• .. ut . is acres of [good cois^ ■’■'vs, 2 good hogs [and 2 goodV.$ m hls. [ The chaingang way. amined.by.com- imittee and we fina- <3 c-Onviets, 26 [white and 17 colored, all well cared :ror and the camp in a sanitary condi tion. We also find 15 good mules, good milch cows, 16 good pigs (.five three months old and eleven two months old) all in good condition. A1 so about 150 chickens and a lot of feed. The camp is in fine location for work in wet weather. We have, by committee, examined the public buildings and find the jail in such condition that it" cannot be re paired so as to be safe and sanitary. We, therefore, recommend that a new jail be built at as early date' as pos sible. We find the roof of the dwell ing in very bad repai., leaking almost all over and the walls in a dilapidated condition. We recommend this build ing be repaired as soon as possible and lights be placed on the north side and west end of jail. We find the sewer age connections in th • court house in bad shape and some of the walls and ceilings in need of repairs which we recommend be done at an early date. We have, by committee, examined justice court dockets and find them neatly and correctly kept. We have, by committee, examined the looks of the various county officers and find them correct so far as we were able to determine. We commend ch of them for the neat manner in •which they have kept same. We recommend the pay of jurors and ailiffs remain same as at present for ext year. We recommend Mr. iohn Maynard s mefiiber of county board of educa- Dalton’s qnota in the University of Georgia War Memorial campaign which started October 11 is $7,245. This is the amount which the alumni of Whitfield county have set out to secure as their share of the million dollar fund, and the committee of the alumni, headed .by J. H. Watson are confident that it will be speedily raised. Each alumnus will be held responsible for giving or getting a minimum of $315, for the University. The $315 quota was determined by dividing the million dollars which is the objective of the campaign by the number of alumni with whom the Uni versity is in touch. When each man has made or secured gifts for the Uni versity amounting to $315 the million dollars will he raised. The sum of $315 was subscribed by members of last year's senior class and is consid ered to be within the means of every alumnus. It is only a minimum quota however. Many alumni and other cit izens of Georgia will give thousands to the fund. “Assuming that all will in vest—each according to his several ability—there should be two subscrip tions of $100,000, three of $50,000, and seven of $25,000,” said Chancellor Bar- row. “The great majority of us must of necessity—financial necessity—be content with smaller amounts, al though the enterprise is one in which unlimited capital can be used.” A statement given out by Harry Hodgson, campaign chairman general, .sums up briefly the reasons why the million dollars is immediately needed NINETEENTH ANNUAL C0UN f Y FAIR PROMISES TO BE THE GREATEST EVER HELD IN THIS SECTION OF THE STATE Exhibits Will Be Bigger and More Varied According to Reports from All Sections of Whitfield— Amusem«it Features Will Be Great, With Big Fireworks Displays, Two Free Acts, Nansrojs Shows and Concessions— / Special Days on Week's Program. The Whitfield county fair will open i This means there will be a big fire- next Monday with a great line of ex-! works display four nights during the for \ the University. “There are only 90 dormitory rooms for 1200 men stu dents,’’ said Mr. Hodgson, “and there have been no additions for twenty years. 1 The state has allowed only $10,000 for new buildings in the last Jen years. The state provides only $146 a year per student for the edu cation of its sons. The average annual cost toi other .Stalte Universities $325. No appropriation at all is made for women students. Fifty-two mem bers of the faculty, have left within the last three] years because of meagre sal aries. The high schools of Georgia are graduating 5,000 students a year who are qnt.it! ed to a college educa tion yet the University cannot even properly accommodate its present en rollment. Today the University, of Georgia has fallen to the bottom of the list in Higher education. The teaching staff is loaded beyond the efficiency point; the salary scale is among the lowest. Buildings are crowded to the utmost limit, new equipment is necessary, repairs must be made. This year the University asked the legislature for a 100 per cent increase on its appropriations; it got a ten per cent cut “That’s the story of the reasons for a war memorial fund. The University must have funds. It must be put on its feet. It must uphold the education al honor of the state. A million dol lars will do no more than meet the most pressing needs. The balance must he supplied by the state, but we must have the million now. The hon or of Georgia is at stake, and we con fidently expect that Georgians will quickly subscribe the War Memorial Fund and make this effort a glorious success.” The War Memorial fund will pro vide endowment for the University, the completion of the -finest war me morial building in the South in honor of the 45 University of Georgia men who died in the world war. a men’s dormitory, a science building and buildings for agriculture. tilits and with an abundance of whole some amusement. Every indication points to a well-balanced fair—one that will appeal to those who want to see many excellent and varied exhibits, and those who go for the purpose of having a good time. This week the workmen are busy at the fair grounds getting everything iD shape for the opening. Exhibits are Leing installed, and the grounds are being cleaned off. The Amusements. The formal contract with the Rob erts United Shows was signed by rep resentatives of the fair association and the shows in Chattanooga. The con tract calls for not less than seven good shows, two special free feature acts and numerous concessions. The shows carry about fifteen shows, being so large that it was impossible to get all the attractions.inside the local fair grounds and necessitating the splitting up of the shows into two sections for next week. - Had there been room within the grounds, all of the shows would have been brought here. The management of the shows has agreed, and written it into the con tract, to bring two free acts along with the shows. There will also be two riding devices. Fireworks Here. President B. C. Wilson received no tice Monday morning that the big ship ment -of fireworks purchased for the fair had arrived and was in the ex press office. week—oh Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday nights. The fair as sociation has spent hundreds of dollars to get thesjs fireworks, and they will add materially to the interest in the approaching fair. Fine Exhibits Expected. In view of the fact that the pre miums have been increased about 56 per cent over the premiums of last year, many fine exhibits are expected this year. The prizes for the commu nity exhibits are $40. $30, $20 and $10, and at least four communities have stated their intention of having ex hibits. There will also be several general farm exhibits. The livestock and poultry shows are expected to be fine. There will be an auction sale of purebred poultry on Friday of next week at the fair grounds. Fine Corn Prizes. The Bank of Dalton offered a spe cial prize of $20 to eaeh.-'farmer who raises 100 bnshels of corn on an acre of ground this year. Added Flower Prizes. Attention, flower lovers. Several ex tra • prizes are to be offered in the flower exhibit, first and second prize for the best basket of roses, the basket to count 50 per cent and the flowers 50 per cent in judging. The roses must have been grown by the exhibitor anfd the basket must be made of native Blanche Gardner. First and second prize for basket of mixed flowers, the basket to be made of native Whitfield county ma terial, the basket to count 50 per cent and the flowers 50 per cent in the judg ing. These prizes are given, in flower seeds or plants. Prizes offered by Mrs. M. E. Judd. Special Days. On Wednesday, the members of the county school clubs will have their day at the fair grounds. Thursday will bring the singers, with prizes of $20, $15, $10 and $5 offered the first four in the singing contest. Friday will be school children’s day, with athletic contests. Governor Hardwick has been invited by the management to be here one day during the week. The Dalton Woman’s club will have charge of the dining room inside the woman’s building, with special com mittees in charge each day of the week. Finishing Touches. This week, the finishing touches are being put to arrangements so every thing will be ready. Monday of next week will he devoted to installing the exhibits, and the fair will get away to a big early start on Tuesday. All people in the county are urged to send something to the fair which promise* to be the biggest and most interesting every held here, and every man, Many Cases Decided At October Term of Superior Court Here Crpwded Dockets Necessitated Run ning Court Over into Second Week —Adjournment Monday Whitfield county material. The prize? woman and child in this section should will be rose bushes given by Miss attend at least once during the week. Business Matters Relegated to Give Time to Eats and Eloquence MANY TALKS ARE MADE AT ENJOYABLE AFFAL - Banquet Served by Presbyterian La dies—-Advertising Committee Is Appointed-r-Next Meeting to Be Held Thursday Night Dalton Boy Narrowly Escaped Death When Auto Ran into Train James Harlan Badly Bruised and HIs Companion Was Killed in Acci dent at. Sweetwater, Tenn. The Dalton Merchants’ and Busi ness Men’s association forgot business matters last Thursday night and en tered whole-heartedly into the banquet that had been prepared by Mrs. Pan' Bumbarger’s circle of the Presbyterian Woman’s Auxiliary. The feast was an excellent one, every minute of thp time being enjoyed by the members of the organization and the friends present. We recommend that our county board of roads and revenues appro priate $500.00 to help pay off the in debtedness of Maples Memorial Rest room property provided the city ap propriates a like amount, and the feeds to be made to the county and ity jointly. (Continued cn page eight). CROWN MILL TEAM LOST GAME TO ALTON PARK Score Was 7 to 2 in Contest Played Last Friday The Crown Cotton mill baseball team lost to Alton Park at Alton Park last Friday, the score being 7 to 2. Caldwell pitched for the locals and Burkhardt pitched for. Alton Park. It was the final game of the season, and made the Alton Park series stand three games won by the Crown Mills, two games won by .Alton Park, and a tie contest played. 1 -> President Bowen acted as toast master, and short talks were made by ■Rev. H. C. Emory, Mr! B. A. Tyler, Dr. F. K. Sims, Mr. John Thomas, Mr. W. M. Denton, Mr. Lee Routh, Mr. T. A Hopper and Mr. F. S. Pruden. Mr. Ledbetter, of th^ Georgia asso ciation which has undertaken the work of the old state Chamber of Commerce, made a brief talk to the association and urged that membership in the Georgia association be takenl "This was referred to the executive commit tee. S ' Another committee to handle adver tising' plans for the organization, com posed of E. C. Coffey. J. S. Thomas and R- E. Hinkle, was appointed. The association will hold the week ly meeting Thursday night at The Bank of Dalton. James Harlan, of this city, narrowly escaped death at Sweetwater,^Tenn., Sunday night when an automobi'e driven by Henry Simpson, a friend, in which he was riding crashed into a freight train. Simpson was in stantly killed. Mr. Harlan had gone to Sweetwater on a brief visit to Mr. Simpson, and Sunday night, he was being taken to the station to catch a train for Dal ton. Details of the accident have not een learned; either Mr. Simpson fail ed to see the train on the crossing in time to stop or his brakes failed fo work. Mr. Simpson’s skull was crushed and he was instantly killed. Mr. Harlan’s injuries, while painful, are not considered serious. He was cut about the head and his hip was severe ly bruised. Miss May Harlan, his sister, went to SWeetwatgr as soon as news of the accident reached here. In a telephone j message to her-parents, she stated that attending physicians expressed the be lief that Mr. Harlan could be brought home on a stretcher some time this week. H. J. Smith Gives Encouraging Message to Dalton Civ- itan Club 'EOPLE MUST ASSIST IN PUTTING IT OVER Blueprints of Proposed Modern Structure Shown Civitans and Ex plained by Eugene Camp—Sub scription List Mounts Upward Members of the Dalton Civitan club at the meeting Friday got an eyeful of just how Dalton’s new hotel is go ing to look when H. J. Smith puts in his order for it Mr. Smith had a blueprint of the HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH WAS DESTROYEP BY FIRE Building Caught After Fire Built in Stove -- Hopewell Baptist church, about five miles out from Cohutta, this county, was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. According to reports reaching here a fire was kindled in the stove ear y Sunday morning to heat the church for' services, and in some way. the building caught from this, being burn ed to the ground. The church will, in all probability, be built back within a short time. MURRAY COUNTY CROP IS EARLY THIS YEAR Prior to September 25th, 1021. there were 763 bales of cotton ginned in Murray county, as compared with 3 bales ginned to September 25th, 1920. proposed hotel, and Mr. Eugene Camp, who had drawn the tentative plans, was present to explain all the details to the culb. The plans as shown call for the Ini’ding on the old Hotel Dalton site, with one-story store-buildings to oc cupy the entire lot, and with the hotel to be over the two stores on the comqy of Hamilton and Crawford streets, the hotel itself to be four stories above was j the stores and to contain between 50 and 60 rooms, each with private l ath. The proposed structure Is to he of concrete, fire-proof thronghont and modern in every particular. Mr. Camp, who has had considerable experience in concrete work, to’d the elnb the building could be erected at a cost of about $S0B00. Mr. Smith then reported to the clnb that the subscription list had been cir culated. and a substantial amonnt of tbe stock had been subscribed. He went so far as to state that the bote’ would be built; but he added that the people mnst come into the proposition. He further expressed confidence that ♦ hey would do so. He said the com mittee con’d report gratifying prog ress. and that within a very short time. he felt certain he could go into the figures of the amount of stock sub scribed. The unusually large amonnt of busi ness before Whitfield superior court for the October term necessitated the holding of court into the second week, court breaking late Monday afternoon. Two of the automobile dealers’ cases resulted in verdicts of not guilty, the evidence before the jury not being sufficient to show that the dealers had used their cars for other than business purposes while having dealers’ tags on them. Other business disposed of from Wednesday morning up to the adjourn ment was as follows; F. E. Svans vs. Southern Railway Co.; verdict for plaintiff for $650. Jim Ray vs. Southern Railway Co.; verdict for plaintiff for $2,000. Dalton Au f o & Machinery Co. vs. Southern Railway Co.; verdict for plaintiff for $100 and interest. L. M. Rollins vs. Walker D. Hines .irector general, and W. S. Long; non suit granted. Holder Coal & Lumber Co. vs. W. E Mann; settled. Cox Bros. vs. H. L. Brooker Lumber Co.: non-snit granted. Studebaker Corporation vs. J. T. Richardson & -Son: verdict for plain tiff for $2,753.05 and interest. L. W. Stone vs, American Railway Express Co.; non-suit granted. Mrs. Bertrude Warmack vs. Sou thern Railway Co.; verdict for plain tiff for $750 damages to automobile. W. C. Warmack vs. Southern Rail way Co.; verdict for plaintiff for $2,000. Criminal Business, The State vs. Max Locbridge; ver dict of not guilty. The State vs. A. M. Hopkins; verdict of not guilty. The State vs. Charley Thomas, James Camp and Lee Loot; verdict of not guilty. The State vs. Joe Dyer; verdict of not guilty. The State vs. Jim Cood; verdict of not guilty. The State vs. Ben Palmer; nol pressed. The State vs. G. M. Nations; plea of guilty; fine, $50 and costs. The State vs. Wiley Carter; plea of guilty; sentence, twelve mouths on probation. The State vs. Fate Walters and John Tarks; verdict of not guilty. Tbe State vs. J. M. Mays and Rob- rt Daniel; verdict of not guilty. 'The State vs. Joe Dyer; verdict of guilty with recommendation; fine, the costs. The State vs. Joe Dyer; verdict o guilty of stabling, with recommenda tion; fine. $50 and costs. The State vs. Joe Dyer; verdict of guilty; sentence, two years on prison farm. The State vs. Comer Parks; guilty; sentence, six months on chaingang. The State vs. Wa’ter Fo’som; guilty: sentence, twelve months on probation The State vs. Jeff Peak; plea; fine $50 and costs. The State vs. Claud Ridley; verdict of guilty; fine. $50 and costs and 12 months on probation. Tbe State vs. Van Young; guilty on second count; fine. $50 and costs. The State vs. Anse Watkins; ver dict of guilty with recommendation: fine of $50-and sentence of three months on chaingang. The State vs. Clifford Taylor; ver dict of guilty. The State vs. Thomas Johnson; ver dict of guilty. The State vs. Will Kenion; guilty; firae, .the costs and sentence of 12 months on probation. The State vs. Randy Trailkill; ver diet of guilty; sentence of 12 monts on probation. The State vs. Will Balls; plea of gnilty; fine, $25 and costs, and sent ence of one month on chaingang. The State vs. Pqnnie Bearden; plea of euilty: fine, $50 and costs. The State vs. Sam Dwight; verdict of gnilty; fine, $50 and costs, and sent ence of six months on chaingang. The State vs. Bird Connolly; ver dict of .gnilty; sentence of six months on chaingang. The S‘ate vs. Jim Stocks. John Quil- lian and Bill Rramlett; p’eas of guilty; fine, the costs. The State vs. Willie John Whaldy: verdict.of gnilty: fine of $50 and costs, nd sentence of six mouths on chain 11. fill Prominent Local Business Man Passed Away After Pro tracted Illness WAS GENERAL MANAGER OF CHERO-CGLA PLANT Body Taken This Morning to Grand Rapids, Mich., Former Home, for Interment—Lived Here for the Past Eight Years Following a protracted illness, Mr. W. T. Nealy, aged 63 years, died at 5:40 o’clock this morning (Wednesday), at his home on South Thornton avenue, .ews of his death causing sorrow among his host of friends here. Mr. Neely was a native of Michigan, coming here from Grand Rapids about eight years ago. Prior to moying to this city, he was a successful lumber man in the Michigan city for about thirty .years. During his residence here, he man aged t£e Chero Cola Bottling Works of this city, which business has had a wonderful success since its establish ment. Mr. Neely was a prominent member of the Methodist church, in which he ook a genuine interest. He was a inenr mer of the Woodmen of the World and he Knights of the Maccabee. The body was prepared for burial and sent this morning to Grand Rapids, Mich., for interment, Mr. and Mrs. £f. L. Neely accompanying the body, Mr. Neely is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Frank Dowler, of this city, and three son^, Messrs. J. H. and S. L. Neely, of this city, ana Mr. E. P. Neely of Grand Rapids, Mich. In his death, this city has lost a good, substantial citizen. FINE ATTRACTION IS SHOWING AT SHADOWLAND Popular Press Representative Pays Visit to Dalton. W. R. Arnold, for many years iden- itied with leading outdoor amusement enterprises and theatrical attractions as publicity man and general advertis ing rej*:esentative, is this season hand ing the business end of the Great Firestone-Madame Marine company, which, for the past several seasons, has l een meeting with a degree of great success. The Great Firestone-Madame Marine company- now showing at the Sliaddow- land Theatre is successful by reason of the fact that both are premier enter tainers in their line of work. Never in the history of new experiments in telepathy, mind 'reading or modern magic has a more “sure fire” attraction been assembled by a company such as this. Mr. Arnold, the company’s business manager, has had quite a number of years’ experience in the theatrical game. He started his career at the old St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, La., shortly after the New Orleans Ex position, which was held in 18S9. TO RE-ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON RIVER BRIDGE Contract Was Not Let Saturday as Was Expected gang. (Continued on page three) The contract for the county line bridge was not let Saturday at the meeting of the Murray and Whitfield county boards as was expected; the I oards decided to go at the matter in tbe regular way, and advertise for I ids. This was another of the jobs award ed the Nashville Bridge company, which company drew out of the con tract when the two boards con|ej**«d. The Nashville company’s plans' ., adopted, along with other plans, at fh t meeting Saturday, and the bids for the bridge will he advertised for prob ably next week."