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VOL. XXXIII—NO. 5. WILL BE PAVED FROM ONE ENO IO THE OTHER COUNCIL DECIDES FUNDS ARE SUFFICIENT TO PAVE HAM ILTON STREET FROM RAIL ROAD TO MORRIS SIDEWALKS WILL BE WIDENED FIFTEEN FEET Material Will Be Used on Other Streets Committee Selected to Look for Location, for New Fire Hall. Council and the bond commission held an extended meeting Tuesday af ternoon, the main object of the meet ing being to ascertain whether or not the paving of Hamilton street would be extended from the W. & A. rail road crossing to Morris street. They decided that it would —or at least would be paved as far as possible, the work to begin at the W. & A. crossing at the Cherokee Manufacturing com pany, and go as far as it would, and it is believed that the entire street can be paved with the appropriation. Another matter that came before the body was the widening of the Hamilton street, making them five feet wider, making a total width of fifteen feet. This will also be done, for it will be much less ex pensive to the city and property hold er, for it costs less than half to build sidewalks as compared with the cost of street paving, and it will be much more convenient, for the sidewalks are too narrow for business streets. The driveway will be seventy feet in width, and under the arrangement all telephone and electric light poles will be inside the curbing. Figures were presented and read from Engineer Jaudon showing the additional expense of extending the streets, the total amount being $13,- 671; of this amount the city is to pay one-third and the property owners the remaining two-thirds. It was the un animous opinion of the body that the paving should be extended and the i sidewalks widened, and a motion to I this effect carried without a dissent- I ing vote. Trees Have to Go. To follow out the plans of paving on King street it will be necessary to cut down all shade trees between Hamilton and Pentz streets. To Fix Other Streets. The question then arose as to what disposition would be made of the ma terial which would be moved from the [streets, the distribution of same being lleft to the members of the bond com mission of the respective wards. It [was suggested by Col. W. C. Martin ■Ex=President Roosevelt 1 Admirer of Dalton Authoress A recitation entitled “Topsy Takes va kc, ’ written years ago by Mrs. Gertrude Manly Jones, was recently rendered before Ex-President Roose- A ’’lt by a teacher of oratory in the irginia Institute, and so pleased was the great statesman that he has asked °r a copy of the poem for his personal perusal. M hen Miss Jennice McAfee, one "i Dalton’s most talented readers, pas a pupil at the Institute, located pt Bristol, she recited “Topsy Takes THE DALTON ARGUS. ——----- ■- -- --" "' T ' ■- LEADING PAPER Ur !< RTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION. BRYANT CASE REFERRED 10 CHY ATTORNEY At the meeting of council Tues day afternoon, Clerk Carroll read a letter from Mr. T. J. Bryant offering to compromise for the injury of his horse which fell in a hole and was injured on the streets where the con tractors were at work placing con nections into the government build ing. It seems that the contractor on the work had agreed to pay the bill, but failed to do so. The matter was referred to the city attorney to ascer tain if the city was liable for the damages. TENNESSEE TOWN DESTROYED; CITIZENS APPEAL FOR HELP Atlanta, Dec. 7—The people of Georgia have been appealed to for help by the sufferers at Copper Hill, Tenn., the little mining town almost wiped out a few days ago by fire. Even undj>" favorable conditions that place is awful to look upon, all the hillsides being barren from the action of the sulphur fumes, and now since the fire it is really appalling. No less than 83 families were left without homes. This is more than half the total population of the town. A day or so ago a heavy snow fell and the suffering is intense. The people of the town are doing their best to handle the situation, but they can’t; it is too much for them. that asphaltum mecadam might be usd on some of the other streets and this material would come in handy, and the city might use it to advantage in this way. The idea of storing the material on some vacant lot did not meet with fa vor and the suggestion offered by W. H. Stroup to place it on the streets when removed was adopted. New Fire Hall. The question of the erection of a new fire hall was brought up, Aider man Thomas stating that Chief Per ry had stated that the present hall was in a dangerous condition. This was disposed of by a motion being adopted that Mayor Trammell ap point a committee to look into the lo cation for a fire hall. Work Will Proceed. Now that council and the bond com mission have decided on the street paving work to be done, the West Con struction company will start at the Cherokee crossing and work as rapidly as possible. Weather permitting it is their intention to put more than an hundred more hands to work by next Monday mornng. the Cake,” and her teacher in oratory asked for a copy of it so that she might use it herself. Later on, after Miss McAfee had left the institution, Mr. Roosevelt was in Bristol and heard the teacher read the piece. It was then that he took a fancy to it and asked for a copy. Mrs. Jones was the author of “Aunt Charity’s ’Ligious ’Sperienc es” and also contributed widely to newspapers and magazines. One of her books will be forwarded to Mr. Roosevelt. DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1910 STANDING OF CONTESTANTS AS PUBLISHED MONDAY THE STANDING OF THE CONTESTANTS ARE PUBLISHED TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME—MISS GRACE JACKSON IS THE LEADER OVER HER NEAREST OPPONENT BY TWO THOUSAND—MISS LILLIE HAMMONTREE IS SECOND IN THE RACE. Today we are publishing below for the first time the standing of the various candidates in The Argus' Diamond Ring Contest. The contest is just now starting and very little work by the contestants has been done. It’s none too late for others to get in and do some thing toward winning one of the handsome prizes that are going to be given away by The Argus on Christmas eve, December 24th. In fact many a race has been won by the runners who were at first in the rear. This is one of the shortest contests ever put on by any newspaper. Just three weeks from last Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock the con test will close and the contestant who wins that $150.00 diamond ring will certainly be well rewarded for a little pleasant work. The con test ends on Christmas eve and one of these prizes, which is going to cost the winners only three weeks work, will be a present for Christ mas that anyone would greatly admire. A diamond ring is something that holds its value, in fact they increase in value each year. True you may be the proud possessor of a diamond, but one, or even two, are lonesome without still another. HOW THEY STAND. The following is the standing of the contestants up-to-date: Miss Grace Jackson, 77 East Morris streetls,ooo Miss Lillie Hammontree, 80 Selvidge streetl3,soo Miss Minnie Freylach, 77 North Hamilton street7,ooo Miss Pearl Johnson, 128 North Hamilton streetß.ooo Miss Mae Poole, 26 Glenn streetß.ooo Miss Nell Speer, Varnells, Ga.,10,000 Miss Leia Kerr, Spring Place, Ga.,11,000 Miss Cora Caylor, Varnells, Gall.ooo Miss Fannie Barnett, Dalton. Route No. 110,000 Miss Ruth Vining, Dalton, Route No. 3 B,ooo' Miss Mary Broadrick, Dalton, Route No. 39,000 Miss Augusta Callaway, Tunnel Hill, Gaß,ooo Miss Allene Puryear, Dalton, Ga. 9,000 Miss Ruby Wood, Rocky Face, Ga.,7,000 Miss Lyda Cresswell, Miss Ellen Head, Rocky Face, Ga.,9,000 Miss Georgia Glass, Dalton, Route No. 59,000 Election of School Trustees of Whitfield County To Be Held Dec. 19 The County Board of Education at its regular meeting today ordered a general election of school trustees in the various districts of the county where there are vacancies on the local board of trustees. The law now requires that the 4 * officers be elected by the voter- - of their respective districts and commis sioned by the County Board of Educa tion. The election for this county will be held on Friday, December 16th, this year and in the future will be held each year on the first Friday in De cember. Following is the list of districts in Deer meat in Vermont is cheaper than beef and many people are using it. It takes a brave man to face the odds that cause others to forsake. WHILE IT SNOWS CONTESTANTS WRITE ASKING FORASSISTANCE Dear Readers, Should You Receive One of Those Little Notes, Do Not Be So Cruel Hearted as to Give It No C onsideration —Please Help the Little Ladies if It Be Within Your Power. This bad weather is not hampering the Argus contestants very much. They are all busy “pen-pushing,” writing their friends and others who are sub scribers to The Argus, asking for their subscriptions to help them win the prize and dear readers should you receive one of those little notes don’t he so cruel hearted as to cast it aside without giving it consideration. If they write you and tell you you are due so and so for subscription on The Argus and to please remit to them or which the elections will be held and the number of trustees to be elected for each: Antioch, 3; Beaverdale, 3; Cohutta, 2; Cedar Valley, 3; Cove City, 3; Deep , Spring, 1; Dawnville, 1; Fair Ground, 1 (Crown Point School), 3; Fort Hill, 3; Five Springs, 1; Good Hope, 2; Gordon Springs, 3; Hopewell, 2; Har mony, 1; Keeler, 3; Mt. Pleasant, 1; Mt. Vernon, 3; Mars Hill, 3; Mill Creek, 1; Nickajack, 1; New Hope, 3; Oak Grove, 3; Pleasant Grove, 2; Rocky Face, 3; Redwine, 3; Salem, 3; Tucker, 1; Trickum, 2; Tilton, 1; Union Point, 2; Union Springs, 3; Varnells 1. I It were infinitely better to suffer I keenly than to feel nothing at all. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.—Man proposes, God dis- I poses. to send it to The Argus with instruc tions to credit them with the votes, please have consideration enough for the clever little ladies to do them the favor if it is in your power. The contest closes just eighteen days from today, (Dec. 6) and the quicker the contestants do this work the better it will be and any one who wishes to help any of the contestants should do so as early as possible for the sooner it is done the better it will I be for the contestants. WHITFIELD BOYS PLACED GIVEN CERTIFICATES OF HON- OR FOR THEIR WORK AT CORN CONTEST HELD AT STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. WHITFIELD COUNTY HAS LARGEST NUMBER Prize Was a Trip to Washington City—Record Yields Made By Boys and Girls—One Hundred Contes tants Entered. Whitfield County boys and girls showed up in grand style in the corn, poultry and other contests held at the State College of Agriculture at Ath ens on December 1, the prize being a trip to Washington City. It went to Joseph Stone, of Jackson county. Os more than one hundred contestants entered, forty-three were given cer tificates of honor for their work, and the Whitfield county boys were among that number. Among the girls enti tled to a place on the honor roll, the Whitfield county girls far exceeded in number that of any other county. Much of the credit for this work should be to Whitfield gojmty’s >1 .t , mmif‘- : J„ Sapp, who organized and conducted the county contest in Whitfield during the week of the county fair. Forty-three were given places on the honor roll, Whitfield county boys and girls being more largely repre sented than any other county in the state. Boys on Honor Roll. The following Whitfield boys re ceived certificates and a place on the honor roll of the Georgia Boy’s Corn Club of 1911 : Charles J. Yeager, Dalton; Carl Puryear, Dalton; Earl Shugart, Dal ton; Lee Palmer, Dalton; Glenn Duc kett, Dalton; DeWitt Hamilton, Dal ton. Girls’ Honor Roll. The following Whitfield members of the Girl’s Home Life Club also re ceived certificates of honor for win ning prizes in cooking, sewing, pre serving fruits and vegetables and poultry: Lucile Puryear, Dalton; Belle Mc- Ginnis, Dalton; Kathleen Miller, Dal ton. The rules governing the contest were that the boys should cultivate one acre of corn each under the in struction of the State College of Ag riculture and the United States farm demonstration work. The yields as reported by the boys and attested by two disinterested parties, ranged from Enthusiasm Prevails In Argus Contest The struggle in the diamond ring contest is now on, the standing of the candidates being published for the first time Monday. The voting is go ing on with a rush and from now un til the close of the contest on Christ mas eve, there will be most active competition to determine who the winner will be. Coupons clipped from the daily and weekly will count heavily and these alone might win for you at last. From now on the contest will be lively; it is anybody’s race. The first may be ONE DOLLAR A YEAR AND GIRLS ON HONOR ROLL JAMES HBfIDY DIES JI TUNNEL HILL Mr. James Moody died at Tunnel Hill at 1 o’clock Tuesday evening. He was 25 years of age and unmarried. He was a son of Mr. John A. Moody, a well known fanper in that section. The funeral services took place at Tunnel Hill at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. N. A. Parsons, offici ating. It is never a mark of greatness to avenge one’s self. 50 to over 100 bushels per acre, at a cost of 10 to 50 cents per bushel. The average yield was 84 bushels. Joseph Stone, of Center, Jackson county, a boy 12 years of age and weighing 79 pounds, won the prize trip. His yield was 102 5-8 bushels, at a cost of 29 cents per bushel. Other boys in the state made high er yields at greater profit than this, but were not allowed to enter the con test as no club had been organized in their respective counties. Ralph Da vis, of LaGrange, Troup county, made 108 bushels at a cost of little less than 20 cents pgr bushel, but he was de barred from the contest because no club had been organized in his coun ty- in addition to the prize trip to Washington the college of agriculture awarded a certificate of honor to the pride winners of all the organized counties and to all boys making a yield of 75 bushels or more of corn per acre at a cost of not more than 30 cts. per bushel. This certificate is signed by the governor of the state, state school commissioner, chancellor of the university and the president of the State college of Agriculture; also the superintendent of the Boys’ Corn Club and the county school commissioner who organized and conducted the club in the county. This work is promoted by Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the United States depart ment of agriculture, in co-operation with Dr. Andrew M. Soule, of the State College of Agriculture, J. Phil Campbell, of the school extension de partment, College of Agriculture, Ath ens, Ga., is directly in charge of the work for the state. All boys and girls competing for prizes must be between the ages of 10 and 18, an denrolled by teachers of county school commissioners as mem bers of the club, and the names re corded with the State College of Ag riculture and the United States farm demonstration work. last and the last first. All have an equal opportunity. Some may have a larger army of friends working for them —that is their good fortune. But after all it is a matter of hustle. The territory from which a candi date may secure their subscriptions is not bounded. The votes are wait ing for the contestants to discover them —so demonstrate how keen is your sense of discernment. The correct standing of all contes tants will be published each Monday in the daily. Watch for it.