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r 1 Good Middling .18y 2 Strict Middling .18 Middling 1734 ESTABLISHED 1847--SEVENTY-EOUR YEARS OLD. People to Decide on $90,000 Is sue of Bonds for Making School Improvements MODERN HIGH SCHOOL ONE OF THE FEATURES Board of Education Made the Bond Commission—Bonds to Ber Retired Annually—Resolution passed by Unanimous Vote The people of Dalton will, on Jan uary 6, vote on the question of issuing |90,000 school improvement bonds, and the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, if voted, will he expended by a bond commission composed of the members of the school board. The bonds, if voted, will carry interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and will be retired in amounts of $4,500 each year for twenty years. These were the salient features of the bond resolution, as adopted Monday night by a unani mous vote of the council. When the resolution was introduced and voted on, not a single member of council of fered to change it in any particular. The action of council brought hearty applause from the citizens present. Here’s the resolution as formally adopted. Resolution. State of Georgia, Whitfield County, ss. City of Dalton. i At a meeting of the Mayor and Councilmen of the said city of Dalton, held in the Council Chamber Novem ber 21st, 1921, the following resolution was duly passed and adopted: v Whereas, it has been made to ap pear that the school buildings and the equipment of such buildings now in the City of Dalton, said State and County, are inadequate to meet the demands necessary to furnish reason able facilities for those attending such schools at the present, and the need for more school buildings and equip ment for the same is becoming more urgent and necessary each day; there fore Be it resolved as follows: (a) That school bonds be issued by the City of Dalton, said State and County, as pro vided in paragraphs I and II, Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution of 1S77, of the State of Georgia; (b) That an election be called and (Continued on last page.) Dalton Civitan Club Plans Organization of Club at Calhoun Committee from Calhoun Attended Luncheon Here Friday—Promi- / nent Chattanoogans Guests The Dalton Civitan club on Friday had a big meeting, with a number of visitors present. The dub is planning to put a Civitan dub in Calhoun, and a committee, composed of Tom Boaz, J. G. B. Erwin and T. W. Skdley, at tended the luncheon to find out what the dub stands for. Capt. T. C. Thompson, Rev. Battle McLester, Messrs. Sears and Marr, of the Chattanooga Civitan dub, were prominent visitors, and gave the Cal houn people an excellent idea of what Civitan is. So greatly were the visit ors impressed, that they stated they V beleved that Civitan was just what Calhoun needed, and they left here, to arrange a meeting of representative Calhoun business and professional, men who will receive a delegation from the Dalton Civitan dub one day this week. H. J. Smith reported gratifying prog ress on the proposed hotel for Dal ton, stating that this week would see the beginning of the thorough canvass that will be made to dispose of the stock, and everyone will be given the- opportunity to take stock in Dalton’s new hotel. Mrs. W. M. Jones sang agroflp of songs, being accompanied by Miss Ma bel Lester, the music being thoroughly appreciated by the club. The lunch eon was served by the ladies of the First Baptist church, and was an ex cellent one. DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA PLAN SPECIAL SERVICES Thanksgiving Sermon Sunday by Rev. Mr. Hunt The annual Thanksgiving services for the Daughters of America will be held at 11 o’clock next Sunday morn ing at Mt. Rachel Baptist church. Rev. B. F. Hunt will deliver the ser mon, and special seats will be re served fpr the Daughters of America. The public is cordially invited to at tend. LARGE CROWD ATTENDED MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH Annual Dinner Prepared This Year By Dalton Woman’s Club—Sev eral Interesting Talks" Made A large crowd assembled Friday ev ening at 7 o’clock in the clubrooms of the Dalton Woman’s club for the an nual'Georgia Products dinner, which was served -by the members of the club, the proceeds to be used for decorating the clubrooms. The women had prepared an excel lent menu, composed altogether of pro ducts raised in Georgia and showing just how independent the Empire State of the South is when it elects to be. The banquet was a wonderful feast, and it was well served, being voted a success from every angle. After the banquet, H. J. Smith called the crowd to order and introduced the speakers of the evening. W. G. Mar tin spoke on Georgia products, lauding the grand old state of Georgia and com menting at -length on the state’s va riety of products. J. J. Copeland talked on Dalton’s new creamery which is now under construction and which' will be ready to serve this seed within a short time. He told what the creamery had meant to other sec tions and what it would mean to Dal ton and Whitfield county. Rev. H. C. Emory, pastor of the First Methodist church, jollied the crowd along with a few jokes, told in his inimitable manner, the speaking lending additional pleasure to the fine occasion. The club realized a neat sum from the dinner. ELECTION FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES TO BE HELD Many Vacancies ini County to Be Filled December 7th On Wednesday, Dec. 7, between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m., the various school districts of the county will hold their elections for trustees. The elec tions will be held at the various schooL houses. As the terms of office of many of the trustees expire, and as there are many vacancies, the election is of genuine importance. J. D. Field, superintendent of schools, has furnished The Citizen with the fol lowing list of schools, showing the places to be filled in the various dis tricts : Prominent Local Physician Is First Candidate to Announce in Coming Election RETRENCHMENT WILL BE KEYNOTE OF RACE Has Served City as Mayor in Past— Believes Economy Should Be Watchword for Next Adminis tration—His Announcement Dr. J. G. McAfee is the first candi date to announce for mayor of Dal ton, giving his formal statment to the voters to The Citizen for publication this week. Dr. McAfee is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of this city and has, in the past, served the city as mayor. He was a candidate in< the city election two years ago, and was defeated by the incumbent, Mayor Wood, after the closest kind of a race. In making his announcement, Dr. McAfee makes “retrenchment” -the keynote of his campaign. He feels that at this time every effort - should be made to cut expenses in order to reduce the city’s floating indebtedness. He is fully qualified to fill the office, and, having many friends here, will* make a strong race. His formal announcement is as fol- iows: Antioch, one; Beaverdale, three; Broad Acre, three; Bunker Hill, two; Cohutta, one; Cedar Valley, two; Cove City, one; Center Point, one; Deep Springs, two; Dug Gap, two. A large crowd assembled last Sun day morning at the First Baptist church where special memorial ser vices were held for the late lamented Mrs. Josiah Crudup, who, during her stay here, was a leading spirit in the church work and held a distinct place in the hearts of Dalton people as a whole. Sunday night, the Baptist Young Peaple’s Union also held a special memorial service, as a tribute to the beautiful life that was ended. Sunday morning, the following pro gram was given: Program. Song, No. 252—Safe in the Arms of Jesus. i s. Introductory remarks—J. J. Cope land. Prayer. Quartet, No. 225—Some Time We’ll Understand. Reading of memorial—Mrs. Lj. J. Allyn. Eulogies: Church—F. F. Farrar. Sunbeams—Miss Mary Emma Ash craft. Young Women’s Auxiliary—Miss Susie Hightower. B. Y. P. U. Society—Mrs. Adelia Brown. Missionary Society—Mrs. W. C. Bowen. Solo—Thy Will Be Done—Miss Min nie Freylach. Eulogies: Baraca Class—J. A. Longley. Choir—Walter Bogle. Ladies’ Aid Society—Mrs. A. E. Cannon. Philathea Class—Miss Maude Ham ilton. ‘ * Sunday School—W. M. Sapp. Song, No. 10S—How Firm a Foun dation. Benediction—Rev. Josiah Grudup.^ Mrs. Corelli R. 'Crudup. The Dalton Woman’s club, of whiph Mrs. Cfcudup was Vice-president/ adopted the following resolutions at the last meeting: Since it has pleased God in His prov idence to remove from our midst to her home above, our beloved fellow- worker, Mrs. Crudup, after a short illness, on November 4th, 1921. - Therefore, be it resolved, by the members of the Dalton Woman’s club. First, That we bow in humble sub mission to His will, and rejoice to know what this change means to our dear one and co-worker. Second, That our club has lost a most faithful and efficient member and vice-president, whose place it will be hard to fill, and the community jj, use ful and exemplary Christian charac ter. t Third, Hers was a beautiful life. All who came in touch with her were at tracted by her sweet gentle manner and were happy to call her friend. Fourth, We desire to extend to each member of her family our sincere, sym pathy and commend them to the God of all comfort. 5th, As a further mark of our re spect and appreciation, we spread these resolutions on our book, send a copy to the family and to The Dalton Citizen. Mrs. T. O. McBryde, Mrs. J. F. Yarbrough, Mrs. Pleas Smith. Committee. Dawnville, three; Elk, one; Crown Point, one; Five Springs, one; Fair- view, three; Good Hope, one; Gordon Springs, two; Harmony, one; Mt. Pleas ant, one; Mt. Vernon, three; Mill Creek, one. Houston Valley, one; New Hope, one; Oak Grove, two; Pine Grove, one; Pleasant Grove, one; Rocky Face, three; Redwines, one; Salem, one; Temperance Hill, three; Trickum, two. Tilton, one; Tunnel Hill, one; Union Point, two; Union, two; Varnells, one; Waring, one; Liberty Hill, two; Mc- Gaughey, two. Trustees to be selected for one, two, and three years; present trustees, or someone selected by them or if trustees not present three freeholders may hold election, and report results to the coun ty superintendent of schools. For Mayor. To the Voters of Dalton: I am a candidate^ for mayor in the city election of December 14, next, and will appreciate the vote and sup port of all. I feel that Dalton heeds an economical administration, and, if elected, my every effort will be directed toward cutting expenses in every way possible. If you honor me with .the office, I will give my very best ser vices to the city. Respectfully, j. G. McAfee, Congressman Gordon Lee last week introduced an important bill in con gress having in view the making of a national park, forest reservation and game preserve in North Georgia. He will work untiringly for its passage. The government already owns a con siderable tract of land in North Geor gia, and this would add more territory to that already owned. It would take in parts of Murray, Fannin, Gilmer and other of the mountain counties of North Georgia. There has been a desire oh the part of the people for some time to have the government establish a game preserve in the mountains of North Georgia, where deer could be raised under pro tection of the' government. The pre serve would result, within a few years, in serving as a feeder for an ex tensive section where big game hunting would be available for those who en joy it. There has been a disposition on the part of the national government to further everything of a nature to con serve the game supply of the country. A better place in the southeast than the mountainous sections of North Georgia couldn’t be found. Already a number of leading news papers have commented favorably on Mr. Lee’s bill, and he will doubtless have the whole-hearted support of many congressmen when the bill comes up for action in congress. THANKSGIVING DAY WILL BE OBSERVED Union Religions Services at Presby terian Church King for Councilman. Carter L. King is the first candidate to announce for councilman, entering the race today for councilman from the third ward. Mr. King served the city for two terms as councilman from the seventh ward, and took an active interest In the affairs of the city, being mayor pro tern during his ‘last term as coun cilman. His formal announcement is as follows: For Councilman. To the People of Dalton: Desiring to represent the new third ward as councilman, I announce my candidacy for the office, subject to the Dalton will follow its annual cus tom by observing, in an appropriate manner, Thanksgiving day tomorrow (Thursday). The feature of the observance will be the union religious service to be held at 10:30 o’clock in the First Presbyterian church, the Thanksgiving sermon to be delivered by Rev. H. C. Emory, pastor of the First Methodist church. The public is cordially invit ed to attend. The schools 'are observing the an nual holiday by closing today for the remainder of the week. Special Thanksgiving programs will be given in the schools. Tomorrow being a legal holiday, the banks and postoffiee will be closed, ob serving the regular rule for holidays. Many business houses will dose— practically al lof them for a big por tion of the day. The annual distribution of articles of food and wearing apparel to bring to the city's needy the spirit of Thanksgiving, will take, place. The schools will take the initiative in this, as the big general distribution of such artides comes on Christmas under the direction of the Empty Stocking Fund committee. There will be the customary number of big dinners, with the fortunate peo- Appropriation Made at Last Meeting —Street Tax Matter Comes Up— Business of the Meeting City council Monday night made an appropriation of $500 toward wiping out their indebtedness on the Maples Memorial restroom, the appropriation being conditioned on a similar appro priation from the county commission ers. At a recent session -of the grand jury, that body recommended that the county board appropriate $500 toward the restroom; but so far the board has taken no action. A special com mittee will go before the board at the next meeting to ask for the appro priation. The question of street tax defaulters was put in the hands of the police chief and the recorder. Chief Ket tles stated that many, who, according to the stubs in the street tax receipt books, had not paid their tax, claimed that they paid former-€hief Bates, but had lost their receipts. VOTERS OF ALL WARDS VOTE IN ALL CONTESTS General Belief Was that Four Coun- cilmen Would Hold Over—Eight Wards Reduced to Four by New Arrangement—The Act The acts of the last session of . the general assembly of Georgia, just off the press, arrived here Saturday and brought a considerable sensation, for they contained the charter amendment bill of Dalton, as passed by the legis lature, and the publication showed the bill that was passed was the original one without the amendment giving the four councilmen who were elected last year an additional yea rof service. The bill, as originally drawn, pro vided for an election of four council- men this year. The term of office of Council left * onr t ^ le mem bers of the present it with him and the recorder to work council expire with this year; but four out a solution of the matter. of 1:116111 were elected last year for two Mayor Wood appointed a committee,. years 1116 or S ilial bin brought their composed of Councilmen Caylor, Ket tles and Stacy, to confer with attor neys for ex-Chief Bates relative to his demand for his salary, this committee being given power "to act. Will Sell Fireworks. Council passed an ordinance permit ting 'the sale and firing, of fireworks here during the holidays, and placing the license on sale of same at Heretofore there has been a prohibitive license on the sale of fireworks inside the city limits, and the many stores just outside the limits have been sell ing them. In giving local merchants the right to deal in fireworks, they can not sell cannon crackers more than 3 inches long, and people shooting fireworks must stay out of the fire limits. WOULD-BE BURGLARS BROKE PLATE-GLASS Tried to Enter Front of Harlan & Neal’s Store city election of December 14. If elec-1 pie’s feed built around the turkey as ted, I will represent you to the best of my ability. Your vote and influence will be appreciated. Respectfully, Carter L. Bang. the main central “decoration.' The people have much for which to be thankful, and this spirit will he shown in Dalton’s observance of the day. Stranded Warship Withstands Waves for Years A bold attempt at burglary occurred Friday night in the very heart of the business district The police were dp the job, however, and while the men got away, they were frustrated in their bold plan. The large plate-glass window in the north side of the store of Harlan & Neal was broken. The men, seeing the officers approach, ran before they could get anything. tenure in office to a dose with the first of the year, and put it up to the people to elect all councilmen -for next year. I* appears from the acts as published, that this was passed. This means ihat the voters, in addi tion to electing a mayor, recorder and police chief, will also elect four mem bers of city council, the members from the first and third wards to serve for two years, and the members from the second and fourth wards, to serve one year each. Then next year, the voters will vote for councilmen from the sec ond and fourth wards, and in that way, get back to the present method of-elect ing half of the councilmen every year. The first ward will, starting the first of the year, be the same as the first and second wards; the second ward will embrace the third and fourth; the third ward will be composed of the fifth and sixth, anfi the fourth, of the seventh and eighth. Instead of Councilmen Williams, Caylor, Kenner and Percy represent ing the four new wards, as the amend ment provided, the voters will have to elect the four councilmen this year. All of the voters of Dalton, by the new charter provision, will vote or councilmen from all of the wards. The man who will represent the first ward must live in the first; but the voters of the entire city will vote for .him. If (Continued on page eight) CITY FEDERATION SHOWS VAST SCOPE OF WORK OF THIS CITY’S CLUB WOMEN Since it went ashore on the coral reefs off Santo Domingo in March, 1916, the U. S. cruiser Memphis has stood like a veritable fort against the wild waves of the Caribbean sea. This photograph was taken during the equinoxial gales of September, 1921, and shows how terrifically the waves pound the old cruiser. Yet still she stands, firm and solid, a monument to American shipbuilding. The annual meeting of the City Federation of Woman’s Clubs was held at the Dalton Woman’s club rooms on November lotb, representatives from all the dubs federated being present. A committee was appointed by the president, Mrs. M. E. Judd, to rewrite the constitution, the. federation to act hereafter only as a clearing house for the work done by the women’s dubs of the city, the only work to be at tempted by the federation being the annual cleaning done in the spring when the city council appoints a com mittee to work under the direction of the federation and, possibly, the for mal celebration of Armistice Day, in which all loyal citizens ought to have a part. The four duhs which are members of the federation, the D. A. R., the Dalton Woman’s club, the Lesche Woman’s dub and the U. D. C., each made a detailed report of the work done by that society,' induding meet ings, programs presented, care of va rious city parks, work for health and education, wot]? done by the two me morial and patriotic orders and vari ous entertainments and parties given to make money to carry on the other activities of the dubs. A good deal of charity work, of one kind and another, the value of which can’t be expressed in terms of money, is done; but the following sums have been expended: Civics (including hospital)~ 5510.00 Education 375.50 Maples Memorial Restroom 525.00 Red Cross Seals 60.00 Memorial (D. A. R. and U.D.C.) 341.92 $1,812.42 These expenditures may be counted as constantly recurring, every year bringing about the same demand on the dubs of the dty. In addition to these, however, the D. A. R. entertained the state confer ence in April, and for that purpose- the different dubs raised extra money, the Lesche and the U. D. C. entertain ing the vfsitors and their hostesses at a beautiful supper and luncheon and the Reviewers, - then a member of ' the federation, though now disbanded, cpntributing a sum of money to the fund raised for entertainment. The amount raised wa sas follows: D. A. R. —$550.00 Lesche 175.00 U. D. C. 150.00 Reviewers 25XK) ■ 1 ■ mm $900.00 To these sums must be added the various gifts of dothing, school books, wedding gifts, State Federation aruf State D. A. R. and U. D. C. dues and expenses, bring the total amount of money raised and expended by the dubs to $3,000 for the year just dosed. . -.-i, :'X