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VOL. XXXII—NO. 51.
■EX-GOV. ALLEN D. CANDLER
I DIED WEDNESDAY MORNING
Reeved state as governor
FOUR YEARS, FROM 1898
| TO 1902.
■was compiling history
■ AT TIME OF DEATH
■served as Congressman and Held
I Other Important Offices —Related to
| Well Known Candler Family—Rel-
I atives in Dalton.
I Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26—Former
Allen D. Candler died this
■lorniiig, his death being unexpected,
■owever, he has been in feeble health
| some time.
■ I lie was governor of Georgia from
§ ■s9B to 1902. and at the time of his
was compiling a colonial his-
Horv of the state of Georgia. He was
■ member of the well-known Candler
Mamily of the state.
I Tn the death of Former Governor
there are now left four for-
governors. IT. I). McDaniel. W.
1 $3 Northern, J. M. Terrell and Hoke
I
Brief Sketch of His Life.
Fx-Governor Allen T '. Candler was
Uj9Kprn in Lnnpkin uunty on Novem-
L Mr 4th. MM.
IL' was eduated at Mercer universi-
awl entered the Confederate army
' (‘ompany 11. 34th Gcorttin regiment
a private. After serving one
be became lieutenant of the
| Tn October. 1562. one year
I the time of his enlistment he
I ■>' promoted to the rank of captain.
■ Col. Candler was slightly wounded
I B ! L'niiiesaw Mountain and lost his
Taft eye at Jonesboro. After the
| lie taught school and was engag
in the lumber business, after-
became a contractor and built
railroads which helped to de-
Vfflpfnop North-east Georgia.
■He represented Hall county in the
and his district in the
Tn 1882 he was nominated
congress ami defeated Hon. Em-
oi Speer after an exciting race. He
appointed secretary of state by
Northern in 1894 and was
■fterwards elected governor for two
■bnns.
s I Mr. Candler was the father of ele-
children. He was a Georgian of
■lien: the state was justly proud, he
v ing served faithfully in both field
'at 1 forum, and always with an eye
J to her glory.
Relatives in Dalton.
■ Eormer Governor Candler was re
* hi Dalton, being a first cousin to
■ rs - R. J. McCamy and Mrs. J. D.
■iV. M'LEMORE HI
■ist baptist TONIGHT
E is From Thompson. Ga.—All Mem-
Urged to Be in Attendance—
jß^Q^ üblic u blic is Invited.
■ Lev. J. s. McLemore, of Thomp-
B’u Ga.. will conduct services at the
B 1 '* Baptist church tonight beginn-
Bf- at 7:39 o’clock. All the mem
os the church are urged to be
B attendance and the public is cor
■i,L\ invited to come out and hear
■ r - McLemore for the first time in
■alton. He i s a p reat .| ier o f ability
B* ( I will no doubt interest all who
BM hen women are stingy, they are
• n S* e r than men.
THE DALTON ARGUS.
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LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
GALHDUN CUED FAIR
ENOS NIEETING TODAY
Many Colored People From Dalton
Attended —It Was a Success, ’Tis
Said.
The Calhoun colored fair, which
has been in session three days, will
break up this afternoon. This fair is
the only colored event of the kind held
in North Georgia, and perhaps in
the state. It is largely attended and
the promoters have made a success of
it.
Mo.re than an hundred tickets have
been sold from Dalton alone, and
many visitors go from other places.
John A. Shope’s plantation show,
which did a fine business at the
Gordon county fair last week, re
mained over, being leased by the fair
association.
A woman’s hair is her hair; but
jute is not hair.
WHITE MAN lU
JAIL; 3 CHARGES
Dock Landrum, a white man, it?,
added to the Whitfield county jail.
He was arrested yesterday and placed
therein. He is doubly charged with
misdemeanor. The recent grand jury
returned two true bills for the above
mentioned crime and he was under
bond for another which was returned
against him several months ago. He
had given bond in that case, but his
bondsmen have given him up and now
to go free, he will have to make bond
in the three cases.
SOME INTERESTING
EDUCATIONAL FIGURES
Atlanta, Oct. 26—Professor J. S.
Stewart, of the University of Georgia,
has compiled some intensely interest
ing statistics regarding the growth of
schools in Georgia and the South for
the past six years. The figures cover
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louis
iana, the Carolinas and Virginia, but
those relating to Georgia are natural
ly of more interest here.
Mr. Stewart shows that in six years
Georgia has established 46 new pub
lic schools, has changed 31 private
academies to public schools, and has
lengthened the course of 107 schools.
Tn these six years 100 teachers have
been added to the number of the
teaching force, the school fund has
been increased to $480,000 annually,
and $1,861,000 has been spent in new
buildings including district agricultur
al schools. In 190 9the high schools
in Georgia totalled 231 with 41 pri
vate institutions. Since the United
States report in 1904 the gain in at
tendance in public schools has been
8.270; the loss in private high schools
has been 2,119, showing a net gain in
attendance of over 6,000. Recitation
periods have been increased in nearly
every school, while the courses have
become more thorough. Better equip
ment and better salaries prevail,
though the salaries in many instan
ces are not yet as high as they should
be.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1910.
»iSSFf®I x
A
HON. ALLEN D. CANDLE!?.
YOUNG NAN PAYS
FINE RETURNS RONE
- ■’
C. C. Gunn, the youqg who was
arrested here several weeks ago by-
Detective W. A. Wright, of the Sou
thern railway for hoboing and was
tried at the recent term of superior
court and fined $25, received money
from his mother at Anniston, Ala.,
and paid his fine and will return
there this afternoon to live with his
mother. Young Gunn is a fine-looking
boy about 18 years old and says that
this is experience enough for him.
"HELLO” CAR ARRIVES
FROM AUTO TOUR
Oct. 26 — 4 ‘Hello, hello,
hello! ’ ’ By long odds the most popu
lar car entered in the rount-the-state
tour which came to a conclusion in
Atlanta today at 1:30 o’clock, was
the machine entered by the Sou
thern Bell Telephone ’company, be
cause it carried with it the privilege
for every member of the tom’ of us
ing the long distance wires free to
communicate with the officials of the
tour or with their homefolks as they
desired.
The Bell ear was one of the Atlanta
bunch that made the whole round
and got back safely with an excellent
score. The calls sent back to Atlan
ta alone during the tour averaged up
to 75 per night.
All in all the tour turned out to
be a splendid success, and has stimu
lated wide interest in the cause of
good roads in Georgia. Men who had
traveled those same roads a few
years ago declared that the improve
ment meanwhile has been very mark
ed, and that where the good roads
go prosperity always travels over
them.
An Irishman desired to become na
turalized, and after the papers were
signed the judge turned to him, “Now
Dennis,” he said, “you can vote.”
“Will this ceremony,” inquired the
new citizen, “hilp me t’ do nt enny
better than Oi have been votin’ for
the lasht tin years?”
HARPER WILL BE
TRIED FOR MURDER
John Warper, who is now serving
”rt fife in the Georgia peni
tentiary for murder, will be tried in
superior court in Fannin ounty, now
in session, for murder.
Harper, it will be remembered,
killed Sheriff Ben Keith, of Murray
county, while the latter was attempt
ing to arrest him on a charge of mur
der in Fannin county. It is for the
murder of Sheriff Keith that he is
now serving in the penitentiary, and
for the murder in Fannin county that
he will be tried, possibly this week or
next.
ATLANTA HAVING
CLEAN OP DAY
Atlanta, Oct. 26—Atlanta’s fair
society leaders and club women have
donned white aprons and armed
themselves with brooms this morning
to lead a brilliant crusade against
dtri in the backyards and streets.
They are raising a prodigious dust.
“Let the women do the work,” is
being whistled by every newsboy on
the streets, while the men, of course,
all hang around.
This is “cleaning up day” in At
lanta and the women are doing it.
They are right on the job, thousands
of them, who have agreed in advance
to devote the entire day to the work
of cleaning up in their respective
neighborhoods, and when the sun goes
down tonight it will sink on a bright
er, cleaner city.
Hobble skirts have been laid aside,
and their wearers are right on the
job with the rest. It is a sight pass
ing strange to see a fair dame whose
hands are not accustomed to any
more serious toil than embroidering
butterflies on fine linen get busy with
a mop, but some of them are doing
it today for the good example it sets.
The work is being divided into
wards and is progressing with system.
Some of the women suggest it would
be a good thing to let them take hold
of the whole city government for a
day instead of. just the sanitary de
partment, but the men just sneeze
and shake their heads. However, a
DALTOH FIRM SELLS
LARGE MONUMENT
Will Be Erected in Forest Hills Cem
etery—One of the Largest Individ
ual Monuments in Southern States.
Mr. H. P. Colvard, president of the
Southern Granite and Marble Co.,
closed a contract while in Chattanoo
ga yesterday for a monument to be
erected in Forest Hills cemetery,
weighing 55,500 pounds, and when it
is completed will be one of the largest
individual monuments in the Southern
States. The monument was sold from
one of their original designs and is
to be made of Quincy granite. This
company has more orders on file now
than they have had for several years.
■ They are running full time each day
and their marble saws are running all
day and all night.
SOUTHERN USING NEW TRACK
FROM OOLTEWAH TO CITICO
The thirteen miles of new track of
the Southern railway from Ooltewah
to Citico, between here and Chatta
nooga. have been put into service and
all trains to and from Chattanooga
will go over the new line which is
much better and a shorter cut.
FGR ASSAULT NEGRO
GETS 20 YEARS
——
Rome, Ga."? Oct". 26 —Protesting his
innocence" from the start, Arnold
Evans, a negro, was found guilty of
assault with attempt to murder and
robbery of Tom Beard and grandson,
one evening after dark several months
ago, on the Summerville pike, and
was sentenced to serve twenty years
on the chaingang.
First Angel—What is that spirit
fussing about ? 1
Second Angel—She says her hat
pins stick out beyond her halo.—Har
per’s Bazar.
IS COX CRAZY?
ASK THE OFFICERS
Atlanta, Oct. 26 —Is Cox crazy?
The detectives have been believing so
ever since he murdered Dr. J. R. Sew
ell and shot himself in the head af
terwards, but Police Officer Williams
made a discovery the other day
which leads him to believe Cox is
merely playing a clever game.
William Cox, who hails from Aus
tell, has been in the Grady hospital
ever since he shot himself and has
steadfastly refused to eat, also pre
tending that he hears nothing that is
said to him. Williams went in the
other day to persuade him, if possi
ble, to take a little nourishment, when
the following conversation occurred:
“Old man take a cup of this chick
en broth just to do me a favor.”
Blank silence.
“Well, eat some of this rice and
gravy then.”
Blanker silence.
“Some fruit.”
Blankest silence.
“Then,” said the officer, suddenly
pulling a flask from his pocket,
“have a nip of this with me.” And
he says that Cox forgot himself just
long enough to smile and stretch out
his hand.
cloud of dust is rising like incense
to the sky fjorn the city set among
the mountains of Georgia.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
NEW DESKS
EOS SCHDOLS
SCHOOL BOARD IS TAXED TO
TAKE PEEP AT MANY SAM
PLES PRESENTED FOR THETR
INSPECTION.
The city school board has its
full these days looking at the'various
samples of desks submitted by rep
resentatives from various firms thru
out the country-. No sooner had
the word gone forth that new desks
would likely be installed in tire public
schools than representatives from the
desk supply houses began tq roll in,
and in addition to this, samples of
desks from many houses.
The desks offered these days are
much more comfortable and conven
ient in every- respect, and there is
no comparison with the “bench of
ye olden times,” with the perpendi
cular back and seat, which were so
awkwardly arranged.
The board will soon make a selec-’
tion of the desks wanted and will in
stall them within the next few weeks.
It is likely many as five hun
dred new desks will be purchased.
SON OF SENATOR CLAY
IS SEVERELY PUNISHED
Georgian Dismissed From the Naval
Academy Until Aug. 28, 1911.
Washington, Oct. 25 —Cadet Frank
B. Clay, first class, United States
Military academy, a son of Senator
Clay, of Georgia, has been courtmar
tialed and sentenced to dismissal from
the academy without pay or allow
ances until Aug. 28, 1911, and then to
join the then first class. The sen
tence was commuted by President
Taft so as to require Clay to be con
fined to barracks until May 31, 1911,
and during that period to undergo
disciplinary tours every Wednesday
and Saturday.
Young Clay was tried on several
charges of misconduct. He was
found guilty of two of the charges
—absence from his tent between tat
too and reveille, and going beyond
cadet limits.
He was acquitted on the other
charges.
MRS. F. T. HANCOCK DIES
AT VARNELLS TUESDAY
Was Mother of Mrs. Bob Saylors and
Was In Her 80th Year.
Mrs. F. T. Hancock, aged 80 years,
died at Varnells Tuesday, her remains
being interred at Phelps Wednesday
morning. She is survived by her
only daughter, Mrs. Bob Saylors, with
whom she has been making her home
for some time.
If a friend does not impose on you
you should be satisfied.
HUGH N. DORSET
NAMED SOLICITOR
To Succeed the Late Charles D. Hill
in the Superior Court of Fulton
County.
Acting on the urgent solicitation
and strong endorsement of members
of the Atlanta bar, Governor Joseph
M. Brown Tuesday evening appointed
Hugh M. Dorsey solicitor general of
the Fulton Superior court to succeed
the late Charles D. Hill.
Mr. Dorsey is one of the promin
ent members of the Atlanta bar, and
was strongly endorsed by them.