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PABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-T HREE YEARS OLD.
DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921.
VOL. LXXV. No. 2. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
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CHATTANOOGA PEOPLE
PLANNING "FOR REUNION
)00 People Attended Conven
tion Held Saturday and Sun
day at Center Point
FO HOLD CONVENTION
NEXT MAY AT TILTON
eiing One of Most Interesting and
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[ Successful Ever Held by Organi
zation—Secretary Makes Re
port of Big Meeting
The Whitfield County Singing asso
ciation, in convention Saturday and
Sunday, attracted a crowd of about
5,000 people to Center Point Sunday,
occasion being a great event.
Saturday, the convention was called
order by J. H. Williams, president,
here being about 200 people present at
Saturday’s business meeting. ' It was
iroted to hold the spring convention in
Tilton, the dates being the third Sun-
lay and Saturday before in May of
year. At that time, officers for
tie year will be elected. The present
Seers are J. H. Williams, president;
rank Rollins, vice president, and E.
Jackson, secretary.
In addition to the business meeting
on Saturday, there was a musical pro
gram which started the convention off
in fine shape.
Sunday was the big day, and the
crowd was unusually, large for a fall
meeting. Some estimated the crowd
at over 2,000.
Sunday’s, program consisted of
chorus singing, quartets, etc., and at
noon, a big picnic dinner was served,
there being an abundance of food for
the big crowd.
The convention was one of the best
in the history of the association.
Mr. Williams, president of the or
ganization, has requested The Citizen,
in announcing the spring convention
at Tilton, to uige the people to attend
especially on Saturday, when the busi
ness session is held. The officers want
to make the organization the leading
factor in improving the music of the
Sunday schools of Whitfield county.
Secretary’s Report.
The secretary, Dr. E. Jackson, has
furnished The Citizen the following
report of the convention:
The Whitfield County Singing con
vention met with Center Point church
on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 10 o’clock.
Devotional exercises were by Rev.
Dean.
The forenoon was devoted to sing
ing, led by the following directors:
Reeves, Bolt, Rollins, Bagby, Eslinger.
Weams, Jackson, Williams. Sr., Wil
liams, Jr., Love. Buchanan, Hester.
Harper, Palmer, Curtiss, Sr., Curtiss,
Jr.. Young; organists, Weams, Mrs..
Curtiss. Misses Bagby, Williams and
Thomas.
Delegates from eleven
schools were present.
After enjoying a sumptuous spread
prepared by the good ladies, the meet
ing was called to order by the pres
ident. The blue-ribbon contest was
next on the program. The prize was
won by Moody W. Love. The judges
were Mesdames Ford and Hix. and
Miss Thomas.
Ti’.tou won the next meeting for May.
1922.
Confederate Veterans Meet There
\ Next Week
Business Men Adopt .
Tribute to Memory
of Frank Hardwick
Chattanooga, Tenn.—The chairman
of the executive committee of the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, Mr.
W. N. Hudiburg, has announced that
all camp commanders, camp adjutants,
department commanders, brigade com
manders and brigade adjutants have
been furnished with supply of identi
fication certificates which are 'to be
issued to veterans and others entitled
to purchase tickets to Chattanooga at.
reduced fares authorized for the re
union.
Before veterans, sons of veterans and
others entitled to purchase round trip
tickets to Chattanooga at the one cent
per mile fare, can obtain round trip
tickets at this reduced fare, the pur
chaser must obtain and present to the
railroad ticket agent one of these
identification certificates, which may
be secured on application to some one
of the camp commanders or adjutants
who are now supplied with them.
The dates of the reunion are Oc
tober 25th, 26th and 27th, and the
executive committee has completed all
arrangements for the entertainment of
veterans and their families, sons of
Veterans and their, families, and allied
organizations connected with the TJ.
C. V. Association.
In addition to the usual Veterans’
parade, there will be a great military
parade participated in by world war
veterans and the Sixth U. S. Cavalry,
now located at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. '
Citizens of Chattanooga! have raised
more han $25,000 to be used for en
tertainment purposes.
George Davis and Bill Poteet
Had Quarrel Which Result
ed in Homicide
DAVIS, FATALLY SHOT,
DIED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
Poteet Has Not Been Captured-
Tragedy Occurred at Hlicit Dis
tillery Say Murray Officers—
Three Men Under Arrest
Sunday morning's program was' as
follows: .
Song led by the president. J. H. Wil
liams.
I’rayer by Rev. Allen. The singing
was then on in good earnest. The
writer will not attempt to describe the
music, for we have never heard any
thing that surpassed it. “It wa s grand
beyond compare." There were so many
good directors present they could not
all have a chance to lead, so we will
only mention a few of the good things:
the Knight Sisters quartet, the Buch
anan quartet, the Tilton quartet, Hill
City quartet, the Buchanan Junior
quartet, the leading by .little Mary
Lou Stone was flue. The singing by
little Anarielle Weams must be men
tioned, for her singing is wonderful
for a child. It was good to be there,
and we feel like saying, “Let the name
of the Lord be praised.”
George Davis, a young farmer of the
Dawnville settlement, was fatally
wounded Saturday afternoon near Co-
hutta Springs, his death occurring at
a local hospital shortly after 11
o'clock Tuesday morniug. Bill Poteet,
a friend of Davis, is being sought by
tbe officers, it being alleged that be
fired the shots which resulted in the
death of Davis.
The shooting occurred late Saturday
afternoon; the falling out between the
two friends occurring at an illicit dis-
bundaj j ti;i f . rv according to informa,tion re-
! '-rived here from the Murray county
officers who investigated the matter.
Dal Baker. Rober Watkins and a man
named Brewster, were arrested by
Murray county officers and are Con
fined in jail at Chatsworth. It is
alleged that these men were also at
the distillery, which was in operation
j at the .time of the shooting.
According to a statement made by
Davis prior to his death. Poteet tried
to borrow his mule and buggy to go
to Crandall, and he refused to let him
have it. A quarrel ardse which' re
suited in Poteet’s drawing his pistol
and shooting Davis.
Davis was brought here at about S
o’clock Saturday night and taken to
the hospital. An examination showed
he had been struck in several places,
the serious wound being from a bullet
which entered the back and passed
through the spinel
After a thorough examination, Davis
was told by the surgeons attending him
that he could not recover—that his
death was only a matter of a few days.
The deceased was a well known
young farmer of the Dawnville sec
tion. He is survived by. his father,
who, lived with him, his wife and five
children. V
Up to the present, Poteet has not
been apprehended.
Report of Committee Recites Success
of Late Member—No Meeting
to Be Held This Week
At a meeting of the Dalton Business
Men’s association Thursday night, the
following tribute to the life of the late
F. T. Hardwick was adopted:
Dalton, Ga., Oct. 13, 1921.
To the President and Members of The
Dalton Business Men’s Association:
We, the committee appointed to
draft the memorial to our late mem
ber, Frank T. Hardwick, offer the fol
lowing :
In the passing of Frank Tucker
Hardwick, both North Georgia and
East Tennessee have lost a great fi
nancier, a successful banker, manufac
turer and builder, a business man of
rare judgment and high ideals, a citi
zen who was interested in good citi
zenship and in the founding of the
industries which have 'been of the
greatest importance in the growth of
our city and this section.
To his dominating energy and won
derful brain power we owe, in a great
measure, the organization and develop
ment of the Crown Cotton Mills, of
which he was treasurer and chairman
of the board of directors; the Elk Cot
ton Mills, of which he was president;
Dalton Telephone Co., of which he was
vice-president; the Cherokee Manufac
turing company, of which he was
president; The A. J. Shpwalter Co., of
which he was formerly an officer, and
several other plants in which he was a
stockholder and a director.
•It was the help of his guiding hand
that brought these through some of the
serious times that come to all. He was
with them in their beginnings and
never deserted them, but helped them
through their struggles to where they
now stand at the very head of their
different lines.
He also had some very important
interests in Chattanooga and was held
in high esteem in that city.
His last work in Dalton was the or
ganization aDd building of The Ham
ilton Memorial hospital, of which he
was president. This building was to
him a great ideal for it,was built to
the memory of his friend and to help
relieve suffering humanity.
Coming to Dalton when only 21
years of age, during those trying days
of the reconstruction, after the Civil
war. when it took all there was in a
man to make a success, he established
the banking house of C. L. Hardwick
& Co. Oct. 4, 1873, which has been
maintained all these years\as a private
institution, and has grown from the
small beginning in 1873 into one of
the largest and most influential in
stitutions in this section. He wasTts
president and owner. He filled high
offices in the banking organizations
hoth in this state and with the large
American Banking association of the
United States.
For nearly half a century he and his
bank have served the business men
and the public of Dalton and Whit
field county. He was the oldest busi
ness man in continuous service in Dal
ton at the time of his death.
Most of his contemporaries in busi
ness he had seen pass away until very
few are left, but a great many of the
sons of these men are continuing the
businesses of their fathers, and they,
like their fathers, had learned to go
to Mr. Hardwick for advice and to
call him their friend, and he was al
ways interested in their successes.
Frank Tucker Hardwick was born
in Cleveland, Tenn., March 22, 1852,
and passed away in Dalton, Ga., Oc
tober 4, 1921.
The passing of a man like this is a
big loss to this community, and to our
association, of which he wa s a member
and always interested in our work, so
it is proper that we should commemo
rate his memory.
Therefore, be it resolved. That a
page of our book of records be reserv-
«d and this memorial be inscribed
thereon, also that a copy be sent to
the family and to The Dalton Citizen,
for publication.
Respectfully submitted.
W. M. Denton,
T. D. Ridley,
E. C. Coffey, Comm.
No Meeting This Week.
Owing to the county fair, the Mer
chants’ association will not hold the
regular meeting this week.
IS
Council Elects Policeman to
Fill Unexpired Term of
Former-Chief Bates
SCHOOL BOND MATTER
POSTPONED FOR TIME
Council Votes to Defer Action on
Proposed Bond Election Until
Next Meeting—Property Own
ers Must Lay Sidewalks
Policeman Rembert Kettles was elect
ed police chief at the meeting of city
conncil Monday night, receiving five
of the nine votes cast.
The election of M-/Kettles came fol
lowing the removal of Police Chief
Bates. Formal charges were preferred
agaiast Mr. Bates, it being alleged that
he had violated a provision of the char
ter in keeping city funds over one week
without turning them in, and by resolu
tion, council voted unanimously to re
move him from the force. He had, at
a previous meeting, been suspended.
Following the election of Mr. Kettles
as chief, the following policemen were
selected: Gus Albertson, Hill Anderson
and Cecil Keown. An effort was made
to elect a fourth man at the request of
the business men of Dalton; but coun
cil adjourned before anyone was elect
ed.
Acting Chief Kettles, at the beginning
of the meeting, reported collections for
two weeks to the amount of $175, of
which $50 was .received from business
licenses*.
Mr. Kettles will take up the work of
collecting for the city, this being one
of the duties of police chief.
Sidewalks Must Be Laid.
A resolution was introduced giving
the few property owners on Matilda
and Selyidge streets who have not al
ready laid cement sidewalks thirty
days in which to have them put
down, at the end of which time the
city will proceed to lay the walks if
the property owners have not done so.
Council voted to charge alKwho deal
in renovated Army clothing the regular
seednd-hand clothing dealer’s license of
$100, this high license applying to all
who sell the clothing. /
Request for Appropriation.
Dr. F. K. Sims appeared before city
council in behalf of the directors of
the Maples Memorial Restroom and
asked city conncil to make an appro
priation of $50CTto help pay off the in
debtedness. The grand jury had rec
ommended that the county make a
similar appropriation, and if both ap
propriations are made, the women in
terested in the Restroom will raise the
remainder of the amount owed. The
finance committee was appointed 'to in
vestigate the mater and report back to
city council.
Bond Election Postponed.
Council vote d to postpone action on
calling the bond election fbr school
purposes, this matter going over until
the next meeting.
County Board Goes
to Atlanta to Bny
New Road Machinery
Work of Caterpillar Tractor and Ma
chine Looks Good—No Action Is
Taken on Bridge'Contract
Alleged Dynamiters
Were Released Here
Following Hearing
Charges Against Gordon County Men
Didn’t Stick—Game Warden
Stinson Is Active
Game Warden Paul Stinson showed
his interest in the work of game and
fish conservation by having arrainged
in justice court here this week L. King,
Carl Fox and Oscar Robertson, of Gor
don county, on the charge of dynamit
ing fish. The'evidence, however, was
not sufficient to warrant their being
bound over to the grand jury, and they
were released.
Mr. Stinson heard they had engaged
in dynamiting fish in May of this year;
also that they had been gigging fish at
the same time.
In the hearing before Judge Wil
liams Tuesday afternoon, witnesses
for the prosecution testified to hearing
reports that might have been made by
a shotgun or from an explosion of dy
namite, one witness testifying that he
saw the water splashed high after one
of the explosions.
No one testified to seeing any fish.
The men were sworn as witnesses
against each other, and each testified
that there was no dynamite in the
boat. From their testimony, they went
to the shoals in the river after hear
ing that the red horse were shoaling,
for the purpose of getting fish. One
took a gig, another a high-powered rifle
and another a shotgun. They claimed
that they saw no fish and neither shot
at nor attemped to gig a fish. Ac
cording to their testimony, they shot
at some frogs and snakes, but not at
any fish; they were frank enough,
however, to acknowledge that they
went to the shoals to gig or shoot the
fish. Robertson stating that he got out
of the boat with the gig and looked
for fish.
The court held that no matter what
their intention was, if they didn’t ac
tually gig or shoot fish, they could not
be held, and they were released.
In entering upon his duties as game
warden, Mr. Stinson did so with the
intention of doing everything possible
to see that the game and fish laws
were enforced. It is a violation of
the law to take fish from the streams
of Georgia in any way other than with
hook and line, between February and
July. Numerous reports of dynamit
ing were heard here this year, and Mr.
Stinson intends to protect the fish in
every way possible.
Cohutta.—Mrs. Elsie Booker, aged 35,
died at a Chattanooga sanitarium Fri
day, where she had gone for an opera
tion, and was buried at Mt. Olivet,
near Cohutta, Sunday morning, Rev.
E. Green, of the Methodist church,
officiating, assisted by Rev. J. M.
Wooten.
Mrs- Booker was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wheeler, with
whom s he made her home, and was
the mother of Charlie, Jessie, Loy and
Howard.
She was a good Christian woman
and was held in high esteem by the
community.
CIVITAN MEETING TO
BE AT FAIR GROUNDS
Woman’s Club to Feed Civitans Fri
day Afternoon
Members of the Dalton Civitan club,
as individuals, will take dinner Thurs
day at the fair grounds, this having
been voted at the last meeting of the
club. On Friday, the regular bi-week
ly luncheon will be held at the fair
grounds. /
On both occasions, the Civitans will
be guests of the Dalton Woman’s club,
this club having charge of the kitchen
in the woman’s building and using
the proceeds from the sale of lunches
for the Maples Memorial Restroom.
The presence of every Civitan is de
sired both days. Friday will be the
club’s regular meeting day.
The Whitfield county board of com
missioners is spending today (Wednes
day) in Atlanta* and while there will
probably purchase a large caterpillar
tractor and a suitable road machine to
add to the road machinery of the coun
ty. The tractor and machine the board
has been considering purchasing cost,
together, about $8,000.
The tractor is similar to that used
by the state highway department in
the work on the Dixie Highway north
from Dalton to the Catoosa county
line. The work was so satisfactory
and the expense so little that the board
determined to go into the question- of
purchasing similar equipment for the
county, and it probably will be done
today.
The board also examined work done
by Gordon county with similar equip
ment and found it satisfactory in
every way.
If purchased, the equipment will re
sult in more road work than is now
possible. It can be operated independ
ent of the convict gang.
Bridge Work Underway.
The board has held no meeting since
the October session of the grand -jury;
but the jury’s recommendation in re
gard to the bridge contract let to the
Luten Bridge company will be called
to their attention today by Judge
Wood. The jury recommended that
the board cancel the contract and re
advertise for bids on the bridges, go
ing at the matter in a legal way.
The bridge work, however, is al
ready underway at the Bitting (flace
just outside the city, and also at the
Anderson bridge between Cohutta and
Beaverdale. •
COHUTTA MATRON DIED
FRIDAY IN CHATTANOOGA
Mrs. Booker Was Highly Esteemed
at Cohutta
FIFTEEN BOYS WILL GO
TO SOUTHEASTERN FAIR
C. O. Smith WiJI Accompany Boys on
Trip N
Fifteen boys of the various school
clubs will leave here tomorrow morn
ing ' (Thursday) for Atlanta to attend
the short- course at the Southeastern
fair. They will spend the remainder
of the week there.
Mr. C. O. Smith, county farm agent,
will accompany the boys and will look
after them while in Atlanta. They will
have a great time, and will he enter
tained at the fair grounds each day
of their stay.
Ground Broken Tuesday, and
Work Will Be Rushed to
Completion
PLANT IN OPERATION
BY FIRST OF JANUARY
Promoters Confident Industry Will
Be Successful in Several Ways—
Many Have Contracted to
Supply Butter-Fat
Ground was broken Tuesday for the
Dalton Creamery, which is being
launched by Dalton people under the
brightest of prospects for success.
The' building will be of brick and
concrete, fire-proof, and as soon as it
is ready, the machinery will he in
stalled, and the plant put in operation.
It' is believed that the creamery will
be ready for business by the first of
the year.
The plant is being built next to the
Dalton Ice plant, the owners of which
will own and operate the creamery.
Already several hundred cows have
been guaranteed by the farmers, all
of the butter fat from which will be
sold to the creamery, and many other
farmers have started they will sign
contracts as soon as the plant is in
operation.
The plant will be a modern one in
every particular, and will have prac
tically an unlimited capacity. Those
interested in ther proposed plant state
that they can take care of all butter
fat they can secure.
The new industry is expected to
prove, in the near future, one of Dal
ton’s most successful plants—one that
will be the means of adding materially
to the wealth of the farming interests
of the county as welLas prove a money
maker for those who are promoting it.
The building will be rushed to‘com
pletion, and the machinery will he pur
chased and brought here so that just
as soon as the work on the building is
finished, the plarft can be put'in oper
ation.
Exhibits Are Unusually Fine in
All Departments of Fair
This Year
CARNIVAL COMPANY TO
ARRIVE HERE TONIGHT
People Are Here, and Shows Are Ex
pected at Any Time—Fireworks
Displays Remainder of Week
—Dug Gap is Winner
The nineteenth annual Whitfield
county fair has its real opening Thurs
day of this week, the delay being caus
ed by the failure of the carnival .to ar
rive Tuesday.
The midway attractions caused the
committee to sit Aip nights this year.
After signing the Roberts Shows which
appeared at the Rome fair last week,
the management Of the shows refused
to come, getting out of the contract
on a clause which made it necessary
for him to ratify the contract before
it became effective. On - Thursday
night, he notified a member of the
amusement committee that he would
not come.
On Saturday night, the contract was
closed, over long distance telephone,
with the Larmon-Robertson shows,
which were then at Rutherfordton, N.
C., and Tuesday morning, about forty
of. the people Connected with the show.?
arrived. The cars carrying the mid
way tents, rides, etc., failed to arrive
during the day Tuesday* which result
ed in calling off the night show. The
shows will, however, in aH probabity
arrive tonight, and the first night show
will l»e given Thursday.
The fireworks displays will be start
ed tonight.
The carnival company carries six
shows, two rides and plenty of con-,
cessions. There will be lots of fun at'
the fair grounds through the remain
der of the week.
Fine Exhibits.
The exhibits are unusually good this
year. The agricultural building is
well filled. There are four general
community exhibits, which are most
creditable. Dug Gap this year makes
its first community exhibit, and it’s a
dandy. Then, the people know what
fine exhibits the people of Cohutta,
Waring and' Five Springs can make.
In addition to these, the Center Point
sewing club has a great exhibit. The
school clubs’ exhibits in this building
are also fine.
The Community exhibits were judg
ed Tuesday and prizes were'awarded
as follows: First, Dug Gap; second.
Cohutta; hird, Waring; fourth, Five
Springs.
Iff addition, there are two great gen
eral farm exhibits, one made by J. I.
Tibbs, and the other by Earl Miller.
The bins in the center of the build
ing are filled with choice products, and.
the hay exhibits are also good, !
In this building, Carter & Sons Fur
niture & Undertaking company, Wal
lace Electric company and Hill Bros.
Marble & Granite company have credit
able exhibits, and booths of Trigg-
Dobbs & Co. and Cbickamauga brand
coffee are to be found in this building.
In both of these booths, coffee is being
given to the thirsty, and Trigg-Dohhs
will give to the hungry a biscuit.
Woman’s Bnilding
In the Woman’s' bnilding, the exhib
its are unusually pretty and are artis
tically arranged.
The children’s department in this
building is a dandy this year. An
other interesting feature’ connected
with this building is the basket dis
play ; /then there’s the Lesche club
boott, the cakes, jellies, fancy work,
quilts, etc., all making the building one
of unusual beauty this year.
- Poultry and Live Stock.*
The poultry and live stock shows
are also great this year.
The poultry show is filled with
choice, pure-bred birds of various
breeds. In the livestock department,
there are choice hogs, cattle, mules,
etc. /
Outside the buildings, a great dis
play of Fordson .tractors and farm im
plements is made by Paul B. Fite in
a large tent just east of the auditorium,
and to the west of it, the. Dalton Bug
gy company has made an. excellent ex
hibit.