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IVOL. XXXIII—NO. 10. | SCOUT ORfiANIZAEION I IS PERFECTED IN DALTON 11j young men joined OFFICERS were CHOSEN. HijSK sHing was held W MDNOAY AFTERNOON sapp, Promoter of the Plan. B®ves the Movement Will Meet Great Success in Dalton— ' Will De Sent at Once th.y pßi New York. S<-mt movement, which |] to be one of the largest effective juvenile training in the world, has struck ' mover in the organiza a company for DaltorTis Mr. S;i l'l’- i ” 1 ' 1 nl a meet ing l afternoon about eighteen of most prominent boys met an organization. Sherry Hamilton was chosen 1 ': and he has written forward York for complete instruc the work of the Boy ir, the United States. , who have not had an realize immense thing the Boy I ■ I Bowplidc'd among the yo’ntlrs nations. h r Britain, there is scarcely town which has not one or a dozen more companies. ■ these companies are com- P<*f *'". vs hs young as six and badH and others at various up to the aue when one may t regular member of the Ter- Bones, which correspond to t Guard. 11 hwd, the !> oy Scouts have MOlßlished a great work for the country. On all pub- the Scouts form as ■' l' :ll ' : "f u 'lav's exercises .MH’- troops and their in military nmnouvers, a ’Bat focuses public on Scout< tree tairnht drill "ork. They imita \ re a ] | )e proper allowed by law. i ‘‘'to animal camp, and are U Sie training that they would to have in regular If ’’am this thee are taught the jWgB principles of sturdy man self-reliance, and are re- c elf-denial. ''' "f lai’peT Many of K Aruns . W " 'ii prove t opnlar in IJal- accomplish great Full raker, during his last and a Florida, a dinner Washington Her- ■ Bl : " ,,v He is like the said to ’ office re ? ’ the TUB DALTON ARGUS. LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BE»ST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION. NEW REAL FSTAEE IM LOAN FIBIS FOR DALTON Wardlaw & Felker Will Open Offices in the Fincher & Nichols Build ing. Beginning right away. Messrs. R. F. Wardlaw and Grover Felker, un der the firm name of Wardlaw & Fel ker, will open a real estate, renting and loan office, their office being in the Fincher & Nichols building. The loan feature of the business is a new thing for Dalton in connection with the real estate business. The new firm are busy equipping their office with modern office furni ture, and will be ready to make their announcement to the aublie within a few days. BAILIFF CALLAHAN MAKES ARREST IN WALKER Bailiff W. B. Callahan arrested Gyp Jones, in Walker county yesterday, the warrant charging 1 ira with cheat ing and swindling. JIM COniNGHAM HURT "YmMW Jim Cottingham, a former Dalton baseball player* who twirled for the local team when it was in the league, was painfully injured while fighting fire in Atlanta yesterday. He fell from a ladder to the ground, a con siderable distance, landing on his head and shoulders. He will be laid up at the Grady hospital for several days. Jim was popular among the local fans and there was more than ostial interest in the game when he went in the box. They will hope for his speedy improvement. Card of Thanks. We take this method of trying to express our heartfelt thanks and ap preciation for the kindness and at tention shown us in our grief and sorrow on the death of our son. And to those who are inclined to sanction the charge, ofteti heard, that Dalton is a tough town, we say: Come among them and live awhile as we have done. Be summonsed to pass under the rod, and witness their beautiful sympathy, tender thought fulness and touching kindness and you will say with us that no quarter of the globe can boast of better peo ple than can be found in Dalton.’ In deepest gratitude we are, Very respectfully. MR. and MRS. TOM BLACK. “My boy,” said the principal of the firm of Buste and Fligh. to the prospective office-boy. “I like your appearance and your manner. I think you will do for the place. Did you bring a character?” “No sir,” said the boy, “but I can go home and get it.” “Very well; come hack tomorrow morning with it, and if it is satis factory I will engmre yon at once.” Late that afternoon the financier was surprised by the return of the candidate. “Well,” he said cheerily,, “have you got your character?" “No,” answered the boy, “but I’ve got yours —an’ I ain’t coming!” DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911. How Georgia’s “23” Largest Cities Rank in Population The following table shows the 23 largest cities in Georgia, inside the 5,000 limit; also the net gain and per centage in the last ten vears: City 1910 1900 Gain Pct Atlanta 154,839 89872 64.967 72 Savannah 65,064 54.244 10.820 19 Augusta 41.040 39.441 1,599 4 Macon 40.665 23.272 17,393 74 Columbus 20.554 17.614 2,940 16 Athens( 14,913 10.245 4.668 45 Waycross 14,485 5,919 8,556 144 Rome 12,099 7,291 4.808 66 Brunswick 10.182 9.081 1,101 12 Albany 8,190 4,606 3,584 78 Americus 8,063 7,624 389 5 Valdosta 7,656 5,613 2,043 34 Griffin 7,478 6,857 601 8 Thomasville 6,727 5,322 1,405 26 Elberton' 6,483 3,834 2,649 69 Marietta 5.949 4,446 1,543 35 Gainesville 5,925 4,382 1,543 35 Cordele 5,833 3,473 2,360 69 Dublin; 5,795 2,987 2,608 94 Fitzgerald 5,795 1,817 3,375 218 LaGrange 5,587 4,274 1,313 30 Newnan 5,584 3,654 1,894 50 DALTON 5,324 4,313 1.009 23 Last Mexican War Veteran ar-OXyy Died on the Same Day A singular eo-incidence has taken place in the deaths of the last sur viving Mexican veterans in both Whitfield and Murray counties. In reading the notice in Monday’s Argus of the death of Mr. Jesse Crow, which occurred Sunday at Var nells, in this county, Dr. S. A. Brown telephoned The Argus that Mr. Aly, the last surviving Mexican veteran of Murray county, died about the same hour, his interment also taking place op the same day as that of Mr. Crow. A College on Wheels to Tour Through Georgia An educational train will again tour Georgia from February 7 to March 25, 1911, inclusive. The railroads are providing the necessary equip ment of cars while the live stock, machinery ,and other exhibits are be ing installed by the State College of Agriculture. The itinery will be published as soon as approved by the railroads. About 140 towns will be visited, a stop of between two and a half and three hours having been provided for. As these towns are nearly all in dif ferent counties the state is being very completely covered. The exhibits will consist of a car of live stock, including' draft horses, beef and dairy animals, sheep and swine. There will be a car load of farm machinery of the latest and most approved type. Two cars will be de voted to an exhibit of soils, fertiliz ers, farm crops artd other educational material. There will.also be an ex hibit of the work done by the boy’s corn clubs. In all six cars will be provided for carrying exhibits. This will be the most complete edu- “Grandpa Aly,” as he was familiarly known to the people of his section of Murray ounty, was a fauiliar figure and had many warm friends in the county where he had lived so many years. The death of these faithful old sol diers, both having served in two wars —the Mexican and Civil wars—com ing at the same time, is a peculiar co incidence to say the least, and as someone, poetically inclined, remark ed, they must have heard the bugle call for “Taps” at the same time. cational train ever operated in the Southeastern States. Data of inter est to every person who owns land or who is interested in agricultural education will be shown. Since about 150,000 people visited the last train and it is believed that the attendance will be larger this year, it is easy to j see that this movement may be made i the means of distributing information . which will be worth several millions 'of dollars annually to the state of Georgia. The train will be accompanied by some twelve expert» who will speak ion topics of special interest to the j localities visited. The cost of pre paring and installing the exhibits is | being largely borne by frends of the ' institution, while the train itself, is being provided by the generosity of ’ the railroads. Every town visited ’ should make a special effort to adver • tise its coming and invite the people ] from the rural districts and surround ing territory to be present. Let every one co-operate in this I great movement to disseininate agri | cultural information which the tour of this train makes possible. EIGHT KILLED OR DELAWARE BOILER EXPLOSION ON BATTLE SHIP CAUSES INSTANT DEATH OF EIGHT MEN—CAUSE OF AC CIDENT UNKNOWN. Washington, Jan. 18 —Eight men met instant death and one was so horribly burned that he will probably die as a result of a boiler explosion aboard the battleship Delaware at 9:20 o’clock yesterday morning, the cause of which is still unexplained, according to a wireless message re ceived last night from Captain Cove. The Delaware was on her way to Hampton Roads from Guantanamo, Cuba, and had been designated to transport the body of Senor Cruz, late Chilean minister to the United States back to Chile instead of the South Carolina, whose propellers met with a mishap. The nine victims were on duty in the boiler room when the accident oc curred. A terrific shock sent the crew scurrying below, and nine bodies were dragged from the cloud of hot steam that hissed through the hold. One Victim a Georgian. Columbus Porter Watts was a res ident of Fairmont, Ga., where his fa ther. Pleansant M. Watts, resided. He had been in the service about three years. BUDINS ANOTHER l/EFEMN Survivor of Mexican War Dead in Bradley County, Tennessee—Was Uncle of F. T. Hardwick. Cleveland, Tenn. Jan. 17 —(Special) —John Hall, aged 87 years and 7 months, one of the pioneers of Bradley county, died at noon today. He is survived by his wife, who is at the point of death herself, seven sons —the well known Hall brothers, of Bradley—and one daughter. De ceased was born in Greene county in 1823. With his father lie made a boat and drifted down the river to Bradley county. He was the super intendent of grading while the old East Tennessee, Virgina & Georgia railroad was being constructed. In that work he was associated with the late Thomas H. Calloway. Later he was appointed supervisor of the sys tem. When the Mexican war-broke out he volunteered, and was one of only four survivors of that war in Bradley county. Os late years he had lived a retired life in Cleveland, re spected by all y as a rugged, honest man, who lived close to nature. The funeral will consist of short services at the grave, conducted by his pastor, he having been a member of the Baptist church for half a century. Mr. Hall was an uncle of Col. F. T. Hardwick, of Dalton, and one of Bradley county’s most prominent cit izens. He was probably one of the last of the veterans of the Mexican war in Bradley county and it a curious concidence that bis taking away should happen along with the death of the last Mexican war veteran in both this and Murray county. SAM CARTER IS CITY MARSHAL AT SPRING PLACE Sam Carter, who is well known in Dalton, where he once resided, has been selected as city marshal of Spring Place, and can be relied upon to keep the peace of that little city for the next year. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR FLORIDA TRAVEL GETTING HEAVY “DIXIE FLYER” WILL RUN TWO DOUBLE HEADER SECTIONS TODAY, CARRYING TWENTY FIVE LOADED SLEEPERS. The travel to Florida from points in the north is immense at this season of the year, and both roads are taxed to the limit to take care of the heavy passenger traffic. Two sections of the “Dixie Flyer,” the special through train over the Western & Atlantic, running from Chicago to Jacksonville, will run two sections through Dalton this after noon, using two double-headers and carrying twenty-five sleepers. From twelve to fifteen hundred passengers will be aboard these trains, besides the immense lot of bagarage. Not a day passes but that large crowds of tourists pass through Dal ton for Florida points, and it is noth ing unusual to run one or more extra trains, taxed to their capacity. How to Tell College Men. Between cigarette puffs and swigs of old lager beer out of stone steins, a group of Pennsylvania University students in a Chestnut street res taurart were discussing the difference between college men, says the Phila delphia Times. The discussion ran as to how one can tell his college by his personali ty. A sophisticate J sophomore, with wide turned pantaloons and all im portant manner, put it this way: “Here’s how 7 I tell the difference between Harvard, Princeton and Yale men: “The Harvard man lights his own cigarette and then offers the match to his fellow smoker. The Yale man offers the light to his friends first and then lights his own. The, Princeton man lights his cigarette and then throws his match into the street be fore anyone has a chance to get a light.” 'Which may account for the fact that Penn and Princeton, although next door neighbors, don’t seem to be able to meet each other in friend ly combat. DR. J. F. HARRIS SELECTED AS CITY PHYSICIAN Dr. J. F. Harris has been selected city physician by Mayor Paul B. Trammell the appointment being made today. Sentiment has most to do with a woman’s happiness; with a man’s comfort. A doctor riding along a country road came upon a farmer driving a herd of pigs leisurely along the road. “Where are you driving the pigs to.” asked the rider. “Out to pasture them a bit to fat ten ’em.” “Isn’t it pretty slow work to fat ten them on grass? Where I came from we pen them up and fatten them on corn. It saves a lot of time,” said the doctor. “Yes, I suppose so.” drawled the farmer, “but what’s time to a pig.” Affable Traveler (to neighbor in railway car) —Your name is very fam iliar to me Mr. Er-er-ah —” Quiet Stranger —“My name is Mootzonctskiest Keroczoctocker. I am a Pole.” Affable Stranger—Yes; er —it is not your name so much as your face; I was about to say that your face is very familiar to rue.” Quiet Stranger—Yes, I have been in prison fourteen years; I was dis charged this morning.