Newspaper Page Text
~ THE NEW COUNCIL
It Was Duly Installed in Office
Wednesday Night.
- •
MAYOR MADDOX TALKS
With the Bark on The Old Council'*
Good Mhow inu -Report* of <»flicer*-
.Mketche* of the Member*.
Thepid council met -promptly Wed
nesday night, all the old members being
present except Aiderman McAfee. The
school report and waterworks reports
-re presented by Treasurer McKamy
■fl Superintendent Spencer; read and
?lopted. [These reports cover a good
deal of spiee and will appear in The
Abgus later.] The reports of the other
officers were read. The report of the Fi
nance Committee was as follows:
Report of Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee beg leave to
submit the following report of the receipts
and disbursements of the city for the
year 1893:
receipts.
To cash received from former
council $ 1 100 23
To cash received, city tax fl.
fas.—lß92 840 55
To cash received, street tax —
1893 : 1 306 00
To cash received, city tax —
1893 9 653 68
To cash received, waterworks
-1893 2 772 70
To cash received, license —
1893 1 530 25
To cash received, cemetery —
■b 1893.... 150 00
cash received, borrowed
money 3 500 00
To cash received, mayor’s
court 260 00
To cash received, state school
bonds ..' 17 500 00
To cash received, sundries 19 47
S3B 633 43
DISBURSEMENTS.
Streets $ 3 818 45
Waterworks 1 507 44
Waterworks extension 537 60
Fuel and lights 1 296 55
Interest and coupons 2 924 92
Sinking fund 2 200 00
Borrowed money 3 500 00
Extra police 25 00
Calaboose and feeding pris-
oners 107 00
Hall rent 60 00
Fire department 57 02
Relief 152 91
Public school 1 220 00
Cemetery 300 00
Sundries.., ... 85 93
from former council... 28 00
BBnting and stationery 58 35
Bhiool bonds paid 17 300 00
Armory rent 50 00
Nuisance 6 00
City assessors’ salary 150 00
City parks 37 12
Taxes returned 35 78
Attorney’s fees 215 00
Waterworks commissioners’
salary. 75 00
Cash in treasurer’s hands 394 11
S3B 633 43
ASSETS OF CITY.
City tax fl. fas., 1893, $1,189.82;
Estimated to be worth. $ 1 000 00
City waterworks. 50 000 00
White public school building 7 500 00
Colored public school build
rx ing 1 000 00
Cherokee reel house 500 00
Piedmont reel house 500 0G
Sinking fund in hands of
water commissioners... 3 300 00
M $63 800 00
LIABILITIES OF CITY.
Waterworks bonds, 5 per cent. 30 000 00
School bonds, 6 per cent 17 500 00
Note, South Pittsburg Pipe
Works, for pipe 778 68
Note, G. W. Oglesby, for city.
.... 300 00
three old school bonds 300 00
S4B 878 68
W. H. Pruden, i
‘Sherry McAuley, [Committee.
S. B. Felker, )
at test : John Black,
i*. C. Bivings, Clerk Mayor.
On motion of Aiderman W. R. Davis,
this report was received and adopted.
tl °“.™° / tion °? Alderman S. B. Felker,
l ,pO ld Council then adjourned sine die.
Ihe New Council convened imme
diately, and Hon. John Black, the re
tiring mayor, swore in Col. Sam P. Mad
’ ux > the newly-elected Mayor, who im
neoiately swore in the newly-elected al
MW «a id:
Mayor Maddox'* Npeecli.
h e u t . le ? eu of the Cit y Council:
PHrpose to enter into any lenghty
and to K () , mt° detail as to the need's
u itnl, co “diti°n of the city's affairs. Not
thut tht U oil Ug of the times, I find
< flnaQces “re in a reasonably fair
bv th..',?;?: me character of improvements made
neut M nrt s O h' lr, i'A g l l,e l )rtßt few J ears “ re perma-
This . Bhould he continued in the future.
Plaint • ult imately is economy. Com
waste lng ~lHd e that extravagance and
siiieSs X if t , s , l . n rhe management of the city’s bu
iiiv-,tiir,o? hl V s lrue ’ H is y° ur d,,t y to elearly
travu'.h?5 e and as<!er t a iu the source of this ex
n.entß “f' a, ' d rc medy the evil. If retrench-
In .< ref nrm is needed, you owe it to our
U| 'e ttlat 1,0 waste or useless expeudit-
under their present tnan-
Ca L for no criticism. The board of
and in. ; tl,e welfare of our schools at heart,
'lhoiiiHu „ l h e excellent management of Gen.
schools able corps of teachers, our
gi'ar iiuojrjt? ooll *! to none. We are to be con
slioiii.i r! i ’I 1 have these schools, and care
in Un- i,L. [h? 1 lheir management be placed
power s 2 f those who fully appreciate their
Our g "° d ? nd usefulness in this city.
fit r work.B, under their present ’manage-
m ? e ex £t‘lled, and nol complaint is
ird.-i? 1 . 11 I^IIS inurter. They have never been
eu to our city, and are now a source of
THE ARGUS; DALTON, GA., SATURDAY. JANUARY 6, 1894.
revenue. I think it proper to state, in this
connection, that if we expect the health of our
city to bewhat it has been in the past, that some
means must soon be provided for a system of
sewerage. This will require no small expendi
ture of money. As a council, we are powerless
to do anything in this respect. If the system is
built, the qiialitied voters of the citv must pro
vide the means, at an election to be held for this
purpose. 1 invite your attention as to the ad
visability of submitting this question to the peo
ple..
Our tire department should receive just con
sideration and encouragement al our hands.
The ertlcieut service rendered by the department
in the past demands that we give it such aid us
will make it etllcieut in every respect. Just here
1 wish to say, that North Dalton is rapidlv grow
ing in population and importance. This part of
the city has no police or tire protection—that it
should have proper recognition for the taxes
collected, I have no question. To this your at
tention is earnestly invited. The city has a
twenty years’ contract with the gas company
for lighting the city. This contract is of record
upon the minutes of the council, and your at
tention is invited to this contract. Complaint
is being made that the gas company is not com
plying with this contract. See to it
that for every dollar of the peo
ple’s money paid out, a just return be
received therefor. Some of our citizens think
it advisable that the city endeavor to purchase
these works. I think it proper for me to say that
this cannot be done, unless the people so deter
mine at an election to be held for that purpose.
It is contrary to law and the wishes or a large
majority of our citizens, for intoxicating liquors
to be sold either in our city or county. Not
withstanding this, there are some of our citizens
who persist in violating this law, and evading
the wishes of this large majority of our citizens.
To you, Mr. Marshal and deputies, this matter is
earnestly commended; see to it, that so far as
the city of Dalton is concerned, this law
must and shall be respected—ferret out and ar
rest the guilty parties, and should the situation
demand assistance from this body, there is no
question but that you will recive such aid and
encouragement as you may require.
I desire further to say to you, that we have ju
risdiction to try vagrants; violations of this law
should receive your attention. The congrega
ting of idle boys on the streets and sidewalks, in
terfering with the free use of the same, ought
not to be permitted. Vulgar, profane and inde
cent language on the streets, must not be per
mitted. To you and your deputies we look to
see that these thing do not occur. Do your duty
fearlessly, and I will see to it, that these evils
will soon cease to exist
Complaint is made that certain branches of
the city’s afiairs are being administered in the
interest of certain individuals. Whether this be
true or not, Ido not know. See to it, gentlemen
of the city council, that if such betrue, that it no
longer exists, aud that the affairs of the city be
fairly and impartially adminisiered and that no
cause for complaint be made against this admin
istration of the city’s affaire.
Mayor Maddox then announced the
following committees for 1894:
Committees for 18»4.
Finance Committee—\V. H. Pruden, S.
B. Felker, Sherry McAuley.
Cemetery Committee —J. C. Bivings,
W. F. Summerour, J. C. Riley.
Ordinance Committee —Sherry Mc-
Auley, S. B. Felker. \V. 11. Pruden.
Relief Committee—Sherry McAuley,
W. H. Pruden, S. B. Felker.
Hall Committee—S. B. Felker, Sherrv
McAuley, \V. H. Pruden.
Street Committee—J. C. Riley, J. C.
Bivings, W. F. Summerour.
Nuisance Committee—S. B. Felker, W.
H. Pruden, Sherry McAuley.
Salary Committee—\V. H. Pruden, S.
B. Felker, Sherry McAuley.
Park Committee—J. C. Bivings, J. C.
Riley, W. F. Summerour.
Water Committee —\V. F. Summerour,
J. C. Bivings, J. C. Riley.
Fire Committee—S. B. Felker, W. F.
Summerour, Sherry McAuley.
The Officer*.
The council then entered into the
electipn of officers, with the following re
sult :
B. C. Bivings, Clerk.
D. K. McKamy, Treasurer,
J. C. Fincher, Chief of Police.
John Elrod, Night Watchman.
C. T. L. Hickman, Sexton.
One of the city night watchmen was
laid off, and it was decided to swear in
the night watchmen at the Cherokee
Manufacturing Company, the Western
and Atlantic railroad depot, the Farrar
Lumber Company, the Roller Flour Mill,
and the Crown Cotton Mills, and
strengthen the night police force in that
way.
G. W. Hamilton was elected Water
Commissioner for three years; the com
mission is now composed of John
Townly, J. R. McAfee and G. W. Ham
ilton, all in for three years.
The salary committee recommended
retrenchment, and reform in several di
rections. The salary of Mayor was
placed at $225 —a cut of $75; the salary
of aiderman was placed at $75 —a cut of
$25; clerk, $300; city marshal, $400;
treasurer, $75 —a cut of $25; night
watchman, $1 a night; sexton, $25;
city assessors, ssoeach; water commis
sioners, $25 each.
The election of street overseer was in
definitely postponed, the office being
dispensed with for the present; and the
chairman of the street committee will
look after that part of the city govern
ment.
The a brief sketch of the
council and its officers as now composed
—as fine a set of city officials as ever
held office in an American city, with the
omission of only those of whom Tke Ar
gus could not obtain a photograph :
Sum I*. Maddox,
the new mayor, was born in Tates, Pick
ens county, Ga., September 11, 1857. His
* ’ KwCorrec/skidu/eattcn < ►
< ► in <5 numi/As < *
< ► q ru/ 5 J ’
< ► rfose 7)
< ’ proves J
o efficacy o
o k V W -Ji <►
> gj.rr aii.y T o
► PRICE 50 CENTS PER BOTTLE. 4
Q BOOK OF VALUABLE INFORMATION FREE. ♦
i FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. ♦
!♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
parents were then living at Cartersville,
where they resided until the fall of At
lanta, in 1864. They then refugeed to
Fort Valley, this state, where they lived
until 1871, when they moved to this
county. His life up to his twentieth
year was spent on the farm. His first
schooling was under the tutorship of
i", <
' li 'w/z'J
school at Dawnville, this county, and by
this means accumulated money sufficient
to go to Emory College, going through
the Sophomore year. He read law under
Johnson & McCamy, and was admitted
to the bar in April, 1879. After this he
taught school at Villanow, Walker
county, Ga. In the fall of 1879, he be
gan the practice of law, going into the
office with Col. J. A. R. Hanks. In July,
1881, he married Miss Sallie Richardson,
of this county. Seven children have
blessed this union.
Col. Maddox has been three
times elected to the office of mayor of
Dalton and twice elected aiderman. In
1887 he was elected judge of the Chero
kee Circuit, to fill the unexpired term of
Judge J. C. Fain, Judge Fain having re
signed a short time before his term ex
pired. He has been connected with the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad company, as attorney and law
agent, for more than eight years, and is
now connected with the legtl depart
ment of that company, his law partner
being Col. Trammell Starr. He is a
prominent mason, belonging to both the
Blue Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter.
Last year he was Worshipful Master of
Dalton Lodge, No. 105, aud was again
elected to succeed himself for this year.
He belongs to the Knights of Pythias,
and was the first Chancellor Comman
der of that lodge of Dalton.
Asa gentleman, Col. Maddox is th"
prince of good fellows and the pink ot
courtesy. As a citizen, he has always
been an acquisition to the town, and a
strong factor in the pushing, enterpris
ing element of the city.
In Col. Maddox, Dalton has a mayor
who will look to the interest of the tax
payers, and who will see that the city is
run on economical, business principles.
His address to the council Wednesday
night has the right ring, and evidences
the fact that he proposes to advance the
city as it should be advanced.
William F.
or “Frank,” as he is generally called, was
born in Murray county, Ga , April 4th,
1858, and educated at Hiwassee College,
East Tennessee. His early life wasspent
upon the farm. When he arrived at
man’s estate h e
moved west, and
spent three years in
California, Oregon
and Washington,
but finding that
North Georgia was
the best country on
the globe, he re
turned to Murray
and farmed until he
moved to Dalton in
1887. He spent two
years in the employ
of Jesse Trotter &
Sons, and ever since has been con
nected with the North Georgia
Canning company as manager, of which
company he and Mr. R. H. Baker are
now sole proprietors.
Mr.‘Summerour is a young man who
enjoys the full confidence of all who
know him, and as a citizen is an honor
to the city. He is full of enterprize and
push, and the efforts he is making,
through his nursery, to make Nor li
Georgia a fruit country are meeting with
great success, and doing our section great
good.
Frank Summerour led the ticket, De
cember 13, 1893, by a majority of 103, re
ceiving the largest vote ever cast in a Dal
ton city election. That fact alone speaks
worlds for Mr. Summerour’s popularity,
and attests the esteem in which he is
held by his fellow D.dtonians. He will
make a fine aiderman, and his record
will be clean.
Janie* <’. Kiley
was born August 6th, 1841, in Washing
ton county, Tenn., and moved to Dalton
in 1866. He started life here working on
on the W. <fc. A. R. R. In 1871 he com
menced the mercantile business in a
small way, borrowing S2OO to purchase
his first stock of
w- z jF®/
Mr. Riley has been very successful in
business, and has by diligence and a clear
head succeeded in accumulating a neat
little bit of property. He has a family
of boys and girls, who are an honor to
the city, ami who, like their father and
mother, will in a few years be among
our most solid and useful citizens.
It goes without saying that Mr. Riley
will make a valuable councilman. He
has been there before, and knows the
ins and outs of the city’s affairs. He
will be an experienced and valuable
committeeman, as he has been, with the
exception of three years, a member of
the council for the last sixteen years.
In the election last month he received
Hon. M. P. Berry,
our present county
school coinmisssiou
er. He afterwards
attended Sumach
Seminary in Mur
ray county, which
was then presided
over by Prof. E. I.
* F. Cheyne anil Mr.
*S. E. Berry, now of
7 the firm of T. A. &
■ 8. E. Berry, Dalton.
After leaving Su
mach, he taught
\S/ |
goods. In 1880 be
was appointed
postmaster at Dal
’ ton, and served un
til 1885, when he
started the Morris
street business,
which he now con
ducts. He is also a
member of the
7/ wholesale grocery
/ firm of Flemister &
Riley, who do a
very extensive busi
ness.
the next highest 'vote cast, and was
elected by a handsome majority. This
complimentary vote demonstrated that
ttie people of Dalton are satisfied that
their affairs are safe in the hands of such
men as Aiderman J. C. Riley. -
William 11. PrtKlcn,
the “veteran member” of the council,
was lorn in Litchfield county, Conn., in
in 1825, and was brought to Georgia bv
his parents When only six month old,
and has been in Georgia ever since. His
parents located in Randolph county,
Southwest Georgia. Col. Pruden went
into the Confederate Army at the begin
ning of the late war, and served the en
tire four years; he was Lieutenant-Colo-
upon in all emergencies.
He came to Dalton soon after the war,
1869, and entered the insurance business
and started a tannery; he has contin
ued in these two branches of business
ever since.
Col. Pruden has six children—Mrs. D.
C. Bryant, Miss Annie and Master Frank
Pruden, Dalton; Mrs. R. L. Cooper, of
Murphy, N. C.; Mrs. John L Smith, of
Chareston, Tenn., and Chas. S. Pruden,
agent of the Central Railroad at Rome.
All children of whom any father should
be proud, and the colonel naturally re
joices over the possession of such de
scendents.
Col. Pruden has been mayoJ of Dalton
three terms, and alderMian abont a dozen
terms. He has been, chairman of the
Finance Committee every year he has
been on the council, and has been le-ap
pointed to that position for 1894, by
Mayor Maddox. This is a just reward of
Col. Pruden’s skill with figures, he being
one of the finest accountants in the state,
making the largest estimates with the
ease of one reading the first pages of the
primer. As long as he is in his present
position there is no danger of the city’s
finances becoming muddled. His clear
head is a safe pilot.
Meye B. Felker
was born in Monroe, Walton county,
Ga., 47 years ago. He went to school in
Monroe until the late war when, as a
mere lad, he joined the calvary service
of the Confederate army, anil
through until
Lee’s surrender
at Appomattox.
After the close
of the war, Mr.
Felker settled
down in Ozark,
Ark., where he
engaged in the
mercantile busi
ness’, and where
he lived for 20
years. He was
justice of the
peace in Ozark
for over ten
years, and earn
ed the reputation of being a just judge of
marked ability and probity.
Mr. Felker came to Daltan to reside in
1888, and since that time has been one of
its most active citizens in the improve
ment of the city and in establishing its
industries. He’ helped organize the
First National Bank, be helped build the
new and handsome hotel and the gas
works, and has been and is variously
identified in other enterprises in Dalton
—both public and private. He was
elected to the council December, 1892,
leading the ticket.
l>r. Jnnii** Clevelniid Kiving*
was born in Spartanburg, 8. C., in 1847,
and was educated at Wofford College,
Spartanburg, one of the strongest institu
tions of learning in the south, and a
household word among South Carolina
College, and for the past twenty five
years has practiced his profession contin
uously in Dalton.
On his father’s side, Dr. Bivings comes
from a long line (as far back as can la
traced) of physicians and surgeons, and
seems to have been born for (as Well as
of) a physician, so universally successful
has been his practice. On his mother’s
side, he is a direct descendent of old Ben
Cleveland, of Revolutionary fame Dr.
Biving was elected to the council De
cembei, 1892.
<’npt. Nlierry McAuley,
the youngest man ever elected as aider
man in Dalton, was born in Mobile, Ala.,
November 2, 1869, being now a little
over 24 years of age. He was educated
UOOD’S CURES when all other
" preparations fail. It possesses
curative power peculiar to itself. Be
sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Patronize
Buchholz’s
Restaurant !
nel of the 32d Geor
gia, Harrison’s brig
ade. The 32d Geor
gia was made up of
Middle Georgia
men, and was one
of the finest regi
ments in the Con
federate service,
mustering in 1,250
men strong. Col.
Pruden made an ir
reproachable offi -
cer, and made the
record of being a
brave and efficient
soldier, one who
could be depended
Methodists.
While quite
young, Dr. Div
ings joined the
Confederate ar
my and served
two years as first
lieutenant i n
First South Car
olina cavalry.
At the close of
the war, young
Bivings began
the study of
medicine and
graduated at the
Georgia Medical
at the Alabama Military College, in Au-
burn, and after
wards took a
course at Bryant
A Stratton’s Bu
siness College,
Baltimore
Capt. McAuley
moved to Dalton
from Alabama,
i n September,
1888, and soon
thereafter enter- j
ed the book and
stationery busi
ness, but sold out
his business in a few months, to accept
his present position as book-keeper and
assistant manager of the Cherokee Man
ufacturing Company, the largest concern
of its kind in this section of the south.
He was elected to the council in Decem-
Ixr, 1892. He possesses the confidence
of the firm in whose employ he now is,
and the confidence and respect of the
people he represents in council.
Rurnet Cleveland Bivings
was born in Spartanburg, S. C., March
23. 1854. He came to Dalton to live in
1866, and was educaUal in Dalton. He
at first intended to make a doctor of him
self, and attented several couraea of lect
ures at the Charleston Medical College,
but yielded to a desire to give it upland
go to railroading. He was in the employ
and Columbus railroad. He was ac
tively interested in the building of that
road, and was conductor of the first
through train from Chattanooga to Car
rollton. When that road passed out of
Col. Williamson’s hands in 1889, Mr.
Bivings resigned his position and came
back to Dalton to live.
Before Mr. Bivings left Dalton for At
lanta he had filled the position of city
clerk. When he returned here in 1889,
he was re-elected to the position and has
filled that office ever since.
Mr. Bivings was re elected city clerk
unanimously by acclamation at Wednes
day night’s election by the council, a de
served tribute to his business methods
and his obliging, affable manner. In
“Barney” Bivings, Dalton hasacity clerk
who cant’t be beat.
Je**e Collin* Fincher,
Dalton’s efficient Chief of Police, was
born in Fincher’s district, Whitfield
county, December 15th, 1858, ahd was
educated in the common schools of
Whitfield county, and spent his life on
the farm until 1887,
when he came to
Dalton. After com
ing to Dalton, he
worked as a carpen
ter until elected a
member of Dalton’s
police force three
years ago. He serv
ed as a member of
the force two years,
and January, 1893,
was elected chief—
marshal and tax
collector, to which
position he was re-
elected Wednesday night.
Chief Fincher has made Dalton a val
uable official, and during the year 1893,
collected more street taxes and fines, and
kept the fi. fas. of 1892 up closer than
any of his predecessors. He is a clean,
straightforward officer, and sees to it that
the business of his office is transacted in
the city’s interest. His record for 1893
was an exceptionally fine one, and the
city fathers did well to re-elect him. He
will rrake Mayor Maddox a valuable
aide-de-camp.
He is very popular with the solid
portion of the community, and numbers
his staunch friends by the score.
Chnrle* CJ. Spencer
was born in Detroit, Mich., December
15, 1852. He was educated in the public
schools of Detroit. He went to work for
tho Detroit Gas Company in 1868, at ti»e
age of sixteen. In 1869 lie went to trav
eling in the west with the New York
Building Company,
a firm who put in
gas and waterworks
in various cities of
the west, and re
mained with that
company for ten
years.
In 1879 Mr. Spen
cer came south and
located in Rome, as
superintendent i n
c arge of Rome’s
new gas works. He
remained thire un-
til May, 1888, when he came to Dalton to
take charge of the building of the wate>»
works, and has been superint ndent Jof
them ever since. At the completion of
Dalton’s gas works in 1890, he took
charge of them also, and has had the
management of them ever since.
Mr. Spencer' organized the Dalton
fire department and for three years was
its chief; he is now secretary and treas
urer of that organization. Nir. Spencer
also organized the Dalton lodge K/
of Pythias, of which body he is keeper of
records and seals.
In Mr. Spencer, the city of Dalton has
an officer of whom she may well be
proud. “Charlie” Spencer is simply a
“jewel.”
Strong Household Ammonia, ten
cent size Bryant & Fincher.
of the Western
aud Atlantic rail
road for several
years, and left its
service to accept a
Position in Bal
ard’s baggage
room in the At
lanta union depot.
He left that to ac
cept a position as
night manager in
charge of the At
lanta depot. That
position he gave
up to go with Col.
J. D. VVilliamsom
over to the Chat
tanooga, Rome
w