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bkQE COUNTY TIMES
-PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
HUNT & TATUM, Proprietors
R. F. TATUM , Klit or
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DADE COUNTY
Entered at the Post Office at Trenton
Ga., as second class~mail matter.
Terms SI.OO per year in advance.
Advertising rates reasonable and will be
aade known upon application.
All communications must be accompa
nie with the real name of the writer.
Address all ronefq ci f<i (e to The
Times, Trenton, Ga.
Be public spirited. Bond the
county and build better roads.
A pike through Dade county
would cause every farm to*in crease
at least 33 1 3 percent in valua
tion by the time tliejroad is fin
ished.
Teachers Examination.
Teachers examination will be
held at the Court House in Tren
ton December 18th and 19th, be
ginning at 10 o’clock A. M. on the
18th.
Pike roads throughout the coun
ty would cause our present popu
lation to double in five years. This
would cause property to a 1 vance
and create new business in every
branch of our trade. Every bub
ling spring would have new homes
surrounding it and a double de
mand would be made for our pro
ducts.
SIOO,OOO bond i sue will be suf
fic ent to pike the five main roads
in the county. Twenty years can
be had to pay the bonds oh*. They
can be paid off in that time with
out leaving a single special copper
for the purpose. The money that
has been misapplied on the roads
lu this county for the last twenty
years would have piked them.. We
can }) ke them now by bonding and
get the use of better roads for the 1
next twenty years for the money I
we will have to pay for road pur
poses during that time.
The man that is in most favor
of building better roads is the man
that pays the most taxes, there
fore the man who pays for it. The
mere poll tax payer is generally
opposed to any plan to build roads j
and pays for none of it
Mr. Farmer, just suppose there |
was a pike road through the coun
ty connecting with the Tennessee
pike at Wauliatchic. Instead of
hauling about twenty bushels of!
corn, potatoes, wheat or peas as!
you now ean only do, you could
haul twice that amount with the
s une team and i wagon with much
more ease and comfort and with
less wear and tear to your wagon
and team.
Perhaps the greatest interest
that has been manifested in any
school this year in Dade county
was displayed at the closing of
Pine Grove school at that place
last Tuesday. Most all the patrons
were present at the closing and
put o i foot a move by which they
will avail themselves of the.winter
session which may be begu \ in
January. A meeting of the trus
tees took place Wednesday night
and themselves of
a winter term of three months.
Any school district may have a
three months session of school be
gin i >g m Ja mary of each year,
under the present law, and all
should avail themselves oi it. 1 lie
above little community shows the
right spirit in the education of
t'ufir children and all others would
do veil to follow this example.
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lno-f amovin' o.i *1 sore 1 evei
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♦wud.iv*, when fviwv Irue: of the
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TRENTON.
Something ot the
North Georgia Town
FORMER HOME OF PROM’
INENT CHATTANOOGA
CITIZENS.
""
A SPLENDID CITIZENSHIP
IN A VERY RICH COMMU
NITY.
Known as the "Free and In
dependent State of Dade,”
Something of the Commu
nity and its Progressive
and Substantial Citizenship
(ByFrank Peck, in Chatta
nooga News.)
Trenton, Ga., exactly 18 miles
from Chattanooga, directly south,
is one of the liveliest little towns
on the Alabama Great Southern.
It is located on Town Creek and in
the center of Dade county. Dade
county is partly in the shape of a
triangle and lies in between Look
out mountain on the east and Sand
mountain on the west. The coun
ty is bounded on the south by the
Alabama line at Sulphur Springs
and on the north by the Tennessee
line at AYa diateliie. Dade county
was laid off in 1837 and was named
in honor of Major Frances L. Dade,
of the United States army. The
area ot Dade county is 188 square
miles or approximately 120,3*20
acres. Its taxable wealth is nearly
A5,000, 000 and the population of
the county is 6,000 about 500 of
these being negroes. Dade county
is one of the smallest counties in
Georgia and is rich in proportion
to its size. The State of Georgia
has about the same territory as
Tennessee, but Georgia has 148
counties, while Tennessee lias 96.
Idie county officials of Dade are:
William O. Reese, serving eeond
term as Ordinary, it being a four
year office*, S. J. Hale, Clerk of
ihe Superior Court, serving third
term, it being a two year office; R.
W. Thurman, serving his fourth
term as Sheriff; W. P. Pace, ser
ving third term as tax collector;
Sam J. Hale, serving third term as
tax assessor; R. S. Rodgers, the
county treasurer, is serving his
second term and is agent and op
erator foi the Alabama Great
Southern at Trenton, which posi
tion he has held for 35 years. J.
Mark Hale is the coroner of the
county and is serving his fourth
term.
The principal industries of the
county are coal, iron, ore, fruit
raiding, general farming, stock far
ming and the county also has all
kinds of fine timber.
Trenton got a charter as a town
in 1860 and has a population now
of about 1,000. The city govern
ment has a board of town commis
sioners, consisting of five. They
are: 11. F. Tatum president, and
associates: Col. J. P. Jacoway, 3.
J. Hale, E. S. Rodgers, and Will
Cure ton.
The town has seven merchants
as follows, all of whom are doing a
line business: W. G. M. Tatum,
J. L. Case, S. L. Lyemauce, Wil
liam Simpson, J. C. Robertson and
W. L. Wilkinson. It has two good
hotels, the Beil House, of which
.J. B. Williams, is proprietor, and
j the Case House, a fine three story
I summer hotel. The town has two
! churches, the Southern Methodist
and the Cumberland Presbyterian.
The pastor of the Methodist is
Rev. IT. K. Allison, who is a
brother of .Judge Mike Allison, of
Chattanooga, w ho is one of the up
) right and strong men on the bench
m Tennessee.
Trenton has good public schools
eight months in the year and the
high school is supported by sub
j scription and runs about four
I months in the year. The public
schools have an average attendance
of 150, three teachers, and Prof.
K. G. Carrol, is principal. The lit
i tie town and county has only one
paper, the Dade County Times,
and it is edited by E. F. Tatum, a
rising young lawyer, graduate of
Cumberland law school, at Leban
| on, Tenn
I Mr. Tatum was a classmate ol
i Joe Brow n and A, L. Spears, now
i prominent young attorneys of Jas
per. Trenton is supplied with one
manufacturing plant, the .Dade
. Stave Company, of which William
j Van Derbeek. is president. It
i rndvos barrel heads and staves and
I gives employment to a large num
! tier of men the year round. There
are three lodges the Masonic, with
i 75 members: the odd Fellows, with
a membership of 85, srul the
Knights of Pythias, which jjhs
i young, but has membership o
A NEW
INDUSTRY
COMING TO DADE COUVTY
Saw Mill. Will Locate Near
Trenton.
Mr. B. Farrfor, who sometime
ago purchased the Brazzieton farm
near New England City, soon after
moved his family from Chatta
nooga to it, but still making his
headquarters in the city, has de
cided to center his business here
and make this his permanent lo
cation. Mr. Farrior is an experi
enced timber and lumber man,
having followed the busine s for a
number of years. His experiences
in the business has been variedand
he k ows the business thoroughly.
He has traveled extensively in this
sec ion of the country and claims
to know every pig trail within a
radius of one hundred miles of
Chattanooga. He says the garden
spot of the world is within this
circle of country and that Dade
County is the best spot in the ra
dius.
Mr. Farrior is a progressive,
public spirited business man; a
Christian gentleman, and has an
excellent famiiy and the people of
any community are lucky to have
such people among them. Mr.
Farrior has purchased several
tracts of valuable timber lands
near Trenton along Lookout Moun
tain and will place a mill on it in
the near future, and begin manu
facturing the timber for the mar
ket. Th sisto be a starter only.
According to his plans he may
establish a mill and other m nu
fact uring plants in Trenton and
utilize all local products.
30. There is only one physician
in the town, Dr. J. \Y. Russey,
who rides night and day and then
cannot see all of the sick. AY. T.
Hughes is postmaster and the \ li
lage has four mail trains daily. A
| number of rural routes run out
from Trenton and every farmer in
the county gets at least one daily
mail. Trenton is noted for its fa
mous Sulphur Springs with clear
white water; there are also springs
| of free stone and chalybeate water
right in the center of (lie tpwn.
The lawyers are B. T. Brock, E. F.
Tatum, J. P. Jaeoway and AY. U.
j Jaeoway. The town has one mag
istrate, Ed D. Brock. Trenton and
Dade county are both solidly devil
o ratio. There a*e 1,202 regis-*
tered voters in the county and
! Taft got 72 and Bryan the rest,
except a few wild-eyed Populists
who voted for Tom Watson. Dade
county is known as the “Independ
ent State of Dade,” for when
Georgia was meditating over se
ceding from the Union and some
strong men opposed sec ssion, Go -
onel Tatum, grandfather of R. F.
Tatum, and other well known Dade
' coimtians made public speeches
and said that if Georgia did not
secede from the Union, Dade coun
ty would secede from Georgia. The
rest is a matter of history and the
world knows Georgia left the Un
ion.
Another matter of history about
Trenton that is of more than pas
sing iuteresign) Chattanoogans is
that Mayor W. was
reared there and the
c unman schools of the town. J udge
Mike Allison and other prominent
men in life were raised and educa
ted in the common schools of Tren
ton and take pride in acknowledg
ing it.
The above is not published for
ihe personal matter it contains,
but to show the excellent write up
of our community and county by
the Chattanooga News reporter.
Such notices as the above by a
newspaper of such standing as the
News has, and, written by such an
excellent gentleman as Mr. J.
Frank Peck, helps our town and
j county. For our part it is highly
appreciated. Ed.
The young people of Trenton
are rehearsing a j>l ly to be given
; sometime during Christmas wee!;.
| The play is excellent and every td
| fort is being m ide to make it the
i best one over giv*u m TfMUoi.
; The charactets are M i*ses (V.-jrk
CVe, Klect.i Par-', ’ 1 ihel Wo >l
- H ami Dana Tatum. |\\:es..;rs
Pri *a a; ro.vuv, fCc Coiet . m s
P<lC0 5 Clly ! non A r.y .P i . ||.
IT IS NOW JUDGE PAYNE.
_LT"iitEii -:j -i,
W. H. Jr., shares His Honors
With His Father.
For one state to*borrow judicial
advice from another to be used in
the common courts, is a matter
which seidom happens in i lie grind
of legal affairs, hut such has been
credited to a court in Georgia. W.
H. Payne Jr., the well known local
attorney, was last week appointed
a special judge by Judge Wright,
of Lafcyette, Ga., to sit on a case
which has been on trial in the su
perior court at that place. The
case involved the administration
of the estate of S. W. Dodson,
which has been up before the su
perior court at that place lor some
time and involves about S2O 000.
On account of Mr. Payne’s ability
as a title lawyer he was selected
by Judge Wright to assist in the
final decision in the case. —Chat-
tanooga Times.
The Times pretends not to know
that the Payne’s are Georgia pro
ducts and that Ihey now have and
have always had an extensive
practice in North Georgia since
they have been lawyers.
THU SIMPLE FILLET.
FO'JSiTMH PEW
The pen that practically
tills itself from any ink
well or bottle in five sec
onds. To fill the pen sim
ply press the pen on end
of cap in the small pin
hole inside of pen. then
put the pen point, in ink
well .or b t ie, withdraw
the pin and pen is full of
ink, time live seconds.
To introduce this pen we
are now offering the reg
ular % 1.50 pen for SI.OO
prepaid, and if not all that
we claim for it, and the
best Fountain Ten value
in the country for the
price money will be re
turned in full.
SEND FOR ONE TOD \Y.
EDWARD'
& LEBRON
JEWELERS 81.‘! MARKET 81'.
( hattanooga, T* nn.
GO EARLY AND AVOID THE
RUM TO THE STORE THA r
SAVES u iOlcY
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liv the I.sth, L. B. I v?-
maned will place on sale
his Xmas stock of Toys,
Presents, etc.
His stock this year will be
the largest and most com
plete perhaps that has
ever been displayed in
Trenton, He purchased
in the eastern market at
THE FACTORY WHERE THEY
WERE MADE,
and owing to the size of
his order they were bought
very cheap, and he will
give his many customers
the advantage of the best
p-ic<s possible. Go early
Mil avoid the holiday
rush and get the pick
from the best stock of
Xm is goods you have ever
had the opportunity of
picking from,
lie has completed his fall
Stock of general merchan
dise and is still carrying
out his 1008 motto of
QUICK SALES AXI) SMALL
PROFITS.
Cfo to - the ‘’South Side’ 7
.
Merchant and save from
25 to 33-13 per cent on
your purchases.
MARKED FOR DEATH.
I
• '“Three years ago I was marked
for death. A graveyard cough
was tearing my lungs to pieces,
i I) ) tors failed to help me, an l hope
! ii 0. lie 1, when my hash and got Dr
1 Xing’s X-w Discovery,” says Mrs.
A . Williams, of Ky 4 “The
I first dose helped me and’ improve
ment kept on until 1 had j ained
58 pounds in weight and my health
! was fully restored.” This inedi
cine holds the world's healing ree v
o and for cough, and colds and lung
aul throat disease-, ft proven A
P .eumonht. Sold under - guaran ee
ot all drug stores. 50c and $1 CO.
Tri-d bottle free.
Have You The p r
And Overcoat? ofm
We have the most compute
assortment of Suits and Over- |j jpfk •
coats in ail weights, models I ji I■% •
and patterns, and wonle be Ii ji/J || 1 Jf/, J
pleased to show you a few G livjii Ijlj A ' ’
of them. I Will m
‘•Washington** Cloth- /| ji (|' 1 I j
ing will alwajs please lii |jjj j] jr
the must fastidious if MU |j -I t ;
, III! i'.iH I j! fe :
dressers. I;j i ■ $
f! jl I; .$0 !j I Ii f
Manhattan and Clue!! AftM i
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Shirts in all the newest Fall ffff
patterns. Nhby Fall bkeks . j|j| \Yj
in Derby sand Soft Hats. Mr ' *%l
Youngs or Stitsons. £3. 4S A _
and SS.CC.
J. B. Huglies will be glad to greet his friends
show their, the bsst line of Clothing in Chaitanoo. i
HftRDIE & CAOOLE
815 Market St. Chattanooga, Tenn.
i < r.r ap] loach cf ti e lie lid“)s brli gs to lie mind
X of ail 11 c Mil-jr (ts of gifts. <n l■ ft* ( k tils pemon is
grei-ier than ever-. It will bn worth a t.ip to Cha'ta
nooga t<- visit our store.
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