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Hmn An ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Billboard. =, Local Cotton Market October 19 Good Middling .18 ' Strict Middling 17]/ 2 Midding 17 PABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-T HREE YEARS OLD. DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921. VOL. LXXV. No. 2. $1.50 PER ANNUM. arnival Is 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 / [ 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.