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| VOL. XXXIII—NO. 12.
MEASLES CLAIM
TWOVICTIMS
KCUNG MAN, AGED 17 YEARS.
I AND NINE-MONTHS old child
I die of DISEASE—MANY CAS-
I ES REPORTED.
■ The type of measles which has pre
■liled in this community for some
■me has proven to be more severe
■an at first thought, two deaths re
■iting therefrom Tuesday. Thomas
■allahan, the 17-year-old son of T.
■. Callahan, who was at first slightly
■tracked, died from the result of
■easles Tuesday morning. The fun
■al took place Wednesday morning
■ his home at Dug Gap. near Dalton,
■ev. J H. Cargle officiating.
|| The next victim was the little nine
■onths-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Martin, which occurred in Dalton at
■ o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
■terment took place at Beaverdale
Wednesday afternoon.
beiierton"for
COMMISSIONER
KAME MENTIONED IN CHATTA
| NOOGA ON TICKET TO BE
d HEADED BY MAYOR THOMP
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I In a story appearing in today’s
Khat tanooga Times regarding the
Kates being made for City Commis
sioners, the name of T. C. Betterton
■s mentioned in one paragraph as hav
ing met with favor.
| The paragraph follows:
|| A company of gentlemen in confer
ence last Saturday night are reported,
to have agreed among themselves up
)n five men who appeared “likely”
for commissioners. It was a good
ticket they made up. composed of un
iversally known citizens, all of whom
would doubtless attract heavy sup
port. In fact some of them have been
tried and have proven their running
qualities. This was the ticket:
For Mayor— T. B. Thompson.
For Commissioners —T. C. Better
ton, W. A. Terrell, J. M. Tremble and
R. L. Westcoatt
Many Attended Funeral.
Miss Carrie Englehard, Mr. Joseph
Street and Mr. John Ling, of Chatta
nooga; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Combee. of
Rome; Miss Lucy Puryear, of Villa
now and Mrs. G. L. Chastain, of
V oodbury, attended the funeral of
Mrs. Frank Buchanan in this city last
Sunday.
CRIMINALS.
The history of the nineteenth
century is filled with the reforms
which were directed not merely
to the improvement of criminal
codes and the mitigation of pun-
I ishments for crime, but to the
better care of the insane, of pau
. pers and of prisoners, who had
been treated in the eighteenth
century far worse than animals.
In some of our states and in
many countries of Europe the
death penalty has been abolish
ed, even in cases of murder.
Before the era of reform there
was little or no public sympathy
with the criminal. Today we
seem almost to have reached the
Point where the sympathy is so
strictly confined to the criminal
that there is none left for the
victim of the crime. The aboli
tion of capital punishment does
I n °t appear to have brought
about the condition postulated
I by Talleyrand, who, when he
was urged to support the aboli
t’on of the death penalty, said
be certainly would if the mur
derers would begin by giving up
murder.—Henry Cabot Lodge.
T’DALTON ARGUS.
LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
WILL SPEAK Al
MANYCHURCHES
STATE ORGANIZER OF WOMEN’S
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES TO
EXPLAIN WORK IN THIS COU
NTY.
Rev. J. T. Nichols has issued the
following notice to the ladies of the
North Georgia Baptist association:
Sister Gunter, our state organizer
of the Woman’s Missionary societies,
accompanied by Sister Florence Low
ery, of our association, will be at the
following named churches on dates
mentioned below:
Dawnville church —Feb. 18, at 2 p.
m.
Chatsworth church—Feb. 19, at 2
p. m.
Spring Place —Feb. 20. at 2 p. m.
Harmony—Feb. 21, at 2 p. m.
Pine Grove —Feb. 22, at 2 p. m.
Antioch—Feb. 23. at 2 p. m.
Mill Creek—Feb. 24, at 2 p. m.
Rocky Face —Feb. 25, at 2 p. m.
Dogwood—Feb. 26, at 2 p. m.
Ebinezer —Feb. 27, at 2 p. m.
Cohutta —Feb. 28, at 2 p. m.
It is hoped that the ladies of each
community will come and hear these
sisters explain the work of the W. M.
M. S.
ST. ELMO AT OPERA HOUSE
THURSDAY, FEB. 9
There is no more interesting and
fascinating character in American lit
erature than that of St. Elmo Murray
made famous by Augusta Evans in
her novel, “St. Elmo.”
People in the Southern states have
come to look upon this hero of fiction
as a historical character because he is
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such a superb type of Southern man
liness. Edna Earl is also considered
to represent the perfect Southern wo
man.
Citizens of this city will have the
opportunity of seeing these attractive
personalities next Thursday night,
Feb. 9th, when “St. Elmo” plays an
engagement at the opera house.
MRS. HELEN GRESHAM DIES
AT SWAMP CREEK HOME
Mrs. Helen Gresham, aged 80 years,
died at her home at Swamp Creek
Wednesday, pneumonia being the
cause. The deceased is survived by
two sons, Mr. Clifford Gresham, of
Whitfield county, and Mr. Charles
Gresham, who resides in Alabama.
Interment will take place at Swamp
Creek Thursday Rev. Shugart officiat
ing.
When musing on companions gone
We doubly feel ourselves-alone.
—Scott.
Additional Personals.
Mrs. G. L. Chastain returned to
Woodbury, Tenn., Monday.
• • •
Mrs. Thomas Stables leaves Friday
for Philadelphia. Penn., where she
will join her husband, after a two
months stay with her sister Mrs. 11.
M. Marney and family.
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It Rained Some in Dalton.
A heavy downpour of rain visited
Dalton during the early hours this
morning.
There has been only one harder rain
and that was the time when a very
reliable man claims to have placed a
barrel on its side with the bung hole
open; both ends were knocked out of
the barrel, but the rain came down
and went through the bung hole so
fast that it could not escape at the
open ends quick enough; the barrel
burst with the volume of water.
The forecast for tonight and tomor
row is uncertain.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1911.
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JUDSON HARMON, PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECT.
■yiRGINIA used to be the mother of presidents, but that title has de
scended to Ohio. Governor Judson Harmon would like to give the
new presidential mother another offspring of the name of Judson Har
mon. He thinks the next president should be from Ohio and from Cin
cinnati, as the present president is, but that the next president should
be a Democrat. A great many friends of Governor Harmon through
out the country are of similar shades of opinion. Harmon, they say,
would harmonize the party. A harmonized Democracy a la Harmon, it
would seem, should insure some degree of harmony, Mr. Harmon has
been elected governor of Ohio twice hand running, with a bigger plu
rality the second time than the first. He is a man of wide experience
in public office and in piscatorial pastimes. He is not on record as
having told about the big fish that got away.
Comrades Pay Tribute
To Memory of Heroes
The deaths of William Hall. Thomas
P. Dillard and W. 0. Fincher all brave
veterans of the civil war, are noted
by the local camp in fitting tributes
printed today.
The sketches of these men as drawn
up by the several committees are as
follow’s:
Thomas P. Dillard.
We, the undersigned, take pleasure
in presenting the following memoir
of respect to our departed comrade,
Thomas P. Dillard, who fell asleep
near Maddox’s Mill, Whitfield conn
ty, Ga., Dee. 18, 1910, age 78 years
Mr. Dillard married Margaret Hix
in 1858. He leaves a wife six sons
and one daughter. From before the
war he lived an acceptable member of
the Baptist church to the time of bis
death. He cast his lot with Capt.
Ford’s company, Co. “C” 39th Ga.
regiment in March, 1862. The com
pany was made up in and aro'i- 1
Dalton. He did creditable service in
this command and at roll call from
day to day his soft voice was heard
to say “Here,” until the surrender
at Greensborrough. N. C.
It is with feelings of gratitude t’n
your committee, who were members
of the same company, are ab’e to
make so favorable a report of our de
ceased friend, both as a soldier and as
a citizen. The fact that he was the
tenant of said mill for forty years
bespeaks his real worth, and the im
plicit confidence the community had in
him. We have been told by one who
knew’ much of him, that he never
knew him to do an unclean thing.
He had characteristics worthy to
be mentioned; was candid, open,
simple, positive, conscientious, quiet
and reliable. He was of that charac
ter when on post as a sentinel the coni
mand were assured that he was not
asleep. When he said the duty was
performed the officer in charge was
content. For some of us to think of
him in the long ago, is to revive and
refresh our memories of pleasant and
enjoyable occasions, as well as he
toil and exposure of camp life. Nei
ther have we forgotten the whiz of
the destructable missle nor the blood
shed and death.
It is exceedingly gratifying to re
member the mutual fellowship that
existed between all of us soldiers.
One cause, we were very much one.
Such a thing as caste was not known
among us. We view each other, not
with a critic’s eye, but were much
inclined to pass imperfections by, ex
cept disloyalty to the cause, to
flinch, shirk, run or act cowardly in
time of battle array, sent the guilty
one to the bottom of ignoming in the
eyes of his fellow comrades.
Respectfully submitted,
B. K. HIX,
W. H. C. FREEMAN.
ROBT. P. NEAL.
W. 0. Fincher.
Another member of Joseph E.
Johnston Camp has answered roll
HOUSE PASSES
MOON’S BILL
PROVIDES FOR COMMISSION
TO EXAMINE LANDS IN VI
CINITY OF FORT OGLETHORPE
FOR TRAINING CAMP.
Dispatches from Washington state
that the house passed the bill of Mr.
Moon, of Tennessee, yesterday for
the appointment by the president of
a commission to examine the lands
adjoining Fort Oglethorpe, Ga„ which
it is proposed to purchase for a man
euver ground and training camp.
The tract embraces nearly 2.900
acres of fine upland, partly wooded
and supplied by scores of fine springs.
The bill passed without debate and
is likely to pass the senate without op
position.
call for the last time on earth; has
crossed to join the silent majority—
to that bourne “from whence no tra
veler e’er returns.”
His body has returned to the dust
from whence it came and his spirit
has returned to God who gave it.
The subject of this memoriam. W.
O. Fincher, volunteered in the cause
of the Confederacy April 20th, 1861,
in Co. “H” 2nd Ga., regiment and
served two years when, being over the
required age, he returned home, where
he remained but a short time, ru-en
listing in Co. “E” 4th Ga,*. ( cavalr,v,
in which he rendered faithful service
until captured at the close of hos
tilities. He made his escape from
prison and walked a thousand miles
to re-join his command, getting with
his company just before the surren
der.
Comrade W. O. Fincher was born
December 8, 1829, and died Decem
ber 29, 1910, having reached the ripe
old age of eighty-one years. He was
born in Cherokee county, Georgia, and
resided for the past fifty years in
Whitfield county.
Our deceased comrade was a kind
and indulgent father, an affectionate
husband and an honorable and up
right citizen, and no better soldier
ever followed the flag of his coun
try than he.
He leaves a wife, three sons and
three brothers to mourn his loss.
His remains were interred at the
Richardson cemetery.
Joseph E. Johnston camp, U. C. V.,
has lost a faithful member and Whit
field county has lost a land mark.
We extend sympathy to the family
of the deceased and his relatives.
Respectfully submitte.
H. C. ERWIN,
A. C. GUNZ.
G. W. STAFFORD, Com.
William Hall.
The subject of this sketch, William
Hall, died the 28th of November.
1910. He was of the old reliable
North Carolina stock.
He enlisted in the Confederate
cause early in the commencement of
hostilities. He belonged to Co. “H.”
39th N. C. regiment.
We have little knowledge of his
early life, but we have learned
enough of his war record to convince
us that he was a true Confederate,
although captured at home. When
requested to take the oath he refused
and was sent to prison where he re
mained till some time in June or July,
1865. He was in prison fourteen
months.
He has a brother here w T ho was in
the federal army. We know but lit
tle of the rest of his family. He be
longed to our camp, No. 34, U. C. V.,
at Dalton, Ga., and was drawing a
pension from our state.
Another link has dropped out and
our chain is that much shorter. It
ONE DOLLAR A YEAB
SEN. TERRELL
MUCH WORSE
SUFFERS RELAPSE AND CONDI
TION IS REPORTED SERIOUS
—MAY BE UNABLE TO RESUME
SEAT THIS SESSION.
Washington, Feb. B—Senator Jo
seph M. Terrell, of Georgia, who was
stricken with acute indigestion at his
office in the Senate office building last
Saturday, suffered a relapse early to
day and his condition is reported ser
ious. Yesterday the senator was
thought to be rapidly recovering.
Senator Terrell may be unable to
resume his seat in the senate at this
session.
The man who boasts that he can
take one drink and stop isn’t always
to be believed—not by a jug full.
AGRIWRE
TRAIN MOVING
COLLEGE ON WHEELS BEGINS
TRIUMPHANT TOUR THRU THE
STATE—THOUSANDS OF FAR
MERS MEET OFFICIALS.
Tocou, Ga.,_ Feb. B—Fully eight
thousand farmers from Jackson, Mad
ison, Banks. Franklin, Habersham.
Stephens and Hart counties today
heard the gospel of improved farm
conditions and greater prosperity to
be secured through the application of
scientific principles to agriculture and
the use of improved methods in all
its branches as preached from the spe
cial educational train run by the
state college of agriculture with the
co-operation of the leading railroads
of the state, the railroads furnishing
the equipment and operating the train
absolutely free of charge.
The first stop was made at Com
merce, where over three thousand
farmers were gathered to welcome it,
four counties being represented.
Short addresses were made by Dr.
Soul and President Cabanias.
If the elevator to success is stop
ped—try the stairs.
will not be long till we will all fol
low. Peace be to his ashes.
JOS. BOGLE,
T. P. FREEMAN,
J. H. STANFORD.
DRESS.
Courage oozes out of the holes
in a ragged suit and fear enters.
But give the same man a new
suit, clean linen, a good hat and
shiniug shoes and you will see
how soon fear will fly away and
confidence be restored. He who
before was afraid to speak in
whispers lest he might be heard
and consequently seen will now
talk loudly of million dollar
propositions, though he may not
have a cent in his pockets. It
is the duty of every man to
dress as well and neatly as his
means and circumstances will
allow. He should cultivate taste
in his apparel and show wisdom
in its selection. His main ob
ject should be to give grace to
his figure and attractiveness to
his general appearance: but,
above all. he should dress in ac
cordance and in keeping with
his station in life.—Rev. Madison
C. Peters.
PEACE.
To be prepared for war is one
of the most effectual means of
preserving peace.—George Wash
ington.