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I »0L XXXIII— NO. 15.
(WASHINGTON’S
BIRTHDAY
■PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE HALF
f HOLIDAY AND CELEBRATE AN-
I NIVERSARY with patriotic
' SONG AND STORY.
I Today is a holiday all delight to cel
■ebrate. On this the 179th anniversary
■of the birthday of the “Father of his
■country,” throughout our vast do
lmain the youthful primary pupils join
■ with their loyal teachers in giving ex
pression to patriotic sentiments and
[in doing honor to the memory of the
[great and good George Washington.
The public schools in Dalton ob-
I served the day by a half holiday. On
I last Friday the High school held ap
propriate exercises in anticipation of
the event, while the primary and
grammar grades celebrated today. In
each room a program more or less
I elaborate was carried out. In some
I grades quite a sprinkHng of visitors
was present in response to invitations
written on small paper hatchets.
Patriotic recitations, compositions
and songs gave variety to the celebra
tion. In the primary classes paper
hatchets and hats w T ere manufactured.
U. S. flags were grasped in every tiny
hand, while bright eyes told more elo
quently p:an tongues the enthusiasm
,§tirred within each tiny bosom.
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MAKES 'BIG GAINS
Atlanta, Feb. 22 A notable evi-
dence of the splendid headway made
by Southern insurance companies is
shown in the annual financial state
ment of the State Mutual Life Insur
ance company, with headquarters at
Rome, Georgia, president C. R. Por
ter.
A comparison of the financial con
dition of the State Mutual on the first
of last year and the first of this year
shows that the company has, during
1910, experienced a very healthy and
steady growth in all departments.
When the compay was examined on
the first of last March, the examiner
increased the amount of non-admit
ted assets, which were deducted from
the gross assets with liabilities in
arriving at the net surplus. This re
adustment of the figures of the com
pany lessened the net surplus by $71,-
724,999, making it $147,708.73, in
stead of $219,433.72, as shown by the
company. So, taking the examiner's
figures as basis, and using his method
of listing assets and liabilities, the
company made an actual gain during
1910 in surplus of $84,153.65, or fif
ty-seven per cent. The meaning of
this increase can be better understood
when it is understood that it is con
sidered that it was made in addition
to increasing the reserve set aside for
the protection of policy-hldprs by
$486,346,68 in the same period. In
surance in force at the end of the
5 ear also show a gain of over one mil
lion dollars. Other items indicate a
substantial growth in strength.
In commenting on the report Presi
dent C. R. Porter says that in 1910
the company had counted on a vol
»mn of between eight and nine mil
lions, whereas it turned out that near
ly ten millions were written. The ex
pectation for 1911 is fifteen million.
It is claimed that marriage is a lot
tery but that cannot be true, else the
law would take hold of it.
Time robs us of many things, but
wounds our vanity first by introduc
ing wrinkles and the double chin.
THE DALTON ARGUS.
LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OPENS SAVINGS D’P’T
Monday’s issue of The Daily Argus
carried a full page advertisment from
the First National Bank announcing
the opening under government super
vision of a savings department for
that institution.
Since the announcement there has
been much favorable comment on the
plan and there is no room to doubt
that the inaugeration of a savings de
posit system in Dalton is going to
mean much for the people.
The bank proposes to pay interest
on deposits in this department at the
rate of four per cent per annuhm. In
terest compounded semi-annually.
The habit of saving is the founda
tion for future success and the pay
ment of interest makes the deposit
ing of small sums in a savings bank
an attractive proposition.
The First National will undoubted
ly do well with its new enterprise and
is to be congratulated on its progress
ive policy.
SHERIFF MO POSSE
AFTER SUSPECTS
Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 21—Sheriff
Sargeant, of Lumpkin county, and a
heavy posse have gone on the trail
of three men answering the descrip
tion of the three train seen
fopr miles of Dahlonega tliia
morning. Tne pursu,Ttc'len nt mioti
and have not yet been heard from.
The parties notifying Sheriff Ser
geant stated that they saw the three
men cooking in crude vessels in an
abandoned shanty near Dahlonega,
and that the strangers seemed disturb
ed at the residents’ intrusion.
They also noted that there was no
bed clothes in the shanty and that one
of the men was asleep. The chief of
police of Dahlonega verified this by
long distance.
Rewards aggregating $1,400 for the
capture of the robbers were posted
about the city today, but all efforts
to get any trace of the bandits have
been fruitless.
Hoke Smith Rode the Goat.
Atlanta, Feb. 22 —Governor-elect
Hoke Smith rode the goat last night
at the local lodge of Elks, along with
Congressman Schley Howard and a
dozen other distinguished candidates.
It is said that Governor-elect Smith
went through exactly the same initia
tion as any other novice. And Hoke
Smith has a speech to make at Way
cross Friday, too.
Some men are like a laying hen.
They set up a big cackling every time
they do anything.
It may he true that figures do not
lie, but you cannot make a fashion
able dressmaker believe it.
CORPORATIONS.
The greatest danger menacing
Republican institutions today is
the overbalancing control of city,
state and national legislation by
the wrongful use of the wealth
and power of public service, in
dustrial and financial corpora
tions. The influence which rules
may be traced to the close
ciation of political and corporate
power. It is a complete system.
It defrauds the people, defeats
legislation in the public interests
and passes law's for the special
Interests. The only power that
can save the government from
these corrupting interests is di
rect nominations, the initiative
and the referendum and the re
call. They are all expressions of
the citizens’ desire to wrest leg
islation from corporate control
and restore it to the people.—
Senator La Follette.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1911.
FITEMENTIONED
FOR SENATE
JUDGE OF CHEROKEE CIRCUIT
IS TALKED OF IN CONNEC
TION WITH SENATORIAL RACE
Atlanta, Feb. 22 —The latest name
mentioned in connection with the Uni
ted States senatorial race, is that of
Judge A. W. Fite, of Cartersville. Os
course the talk of his possible candi
dacy is not taken seriously by any
body, but it adds one more name to
the rapidly increasing list, and ■will
be of interest to the general public
perhaps, because of the fact that this
is the same Judge Fite who was so
strongly in the lime-light as a teeto
taling prohibitionist a short time ago
when he tried to put a government
inspector in jail because the inspec
tor wouldn’t violate the rule of the
federal department and testify to
some things Judge Fite tried to make
him testify to in connection with the
investigation of the Cureton distill
ery in Dade county. However it is
hardly believed that Judge Fite will
enter the race for the senate in view
of his defeat for congress by Gordon
Lee, the incumbent.
RECIPROCITY WILL
PASS THE SENATE
ity agreement w’ifh Canada wilT pass
the senate.
This was a declaration made late
yesterday by Senator Carter, of Mon
tana, as he was leaving the white
house after a conference with Presi
dent Taft.
Personally Senator Carter is op
posed to the bill. Representative Mc-
Call, who introduced the bill in the
house, also conferred with the presi
dent, and is hopeful of the measure’s
success.
Gets Car Load Mules.
Messrs. John B. and C. B. Brown
received another car load of mules
last Sunday from East St. Louis and
the animals, which appeared to be of
the finest working breeds, were driven
out to their farm south of Dalton.
This is the fifth car received and dis
posed of by these gentlemen this sea
son.
GOV.BROWN NOTABLE
TO VISIT SAVANNAH
Atlanta, Feb. 22—Governor Brown
is suffering with a very severe cold
■which will prevent him from visiting
Savannah today to take part in the
ceremonies surrounding the unveiling
of the tablet erected by the Georgia
society, Sons of the American Revolu
tion, to mark the spot where the old
Springfield redoubt stood in October
1779, and where one of the bloodiest
engagements of the revolutionary
war was fought. Governor Brown
was to have made one of the addresses
and his inability to be present is wide
ly regretted. The French legation at
Washington, the United States army
and navy, and the State of South
Carolina will be officially represented
at the ceremonies. Nobody will be
sent from Atlanta in Governor Browns
stead.
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K. of P. Notice.
Members Dalton lodge No. 38, K.
of P. are specially requested to be pre
sent Wednesday night, February 22.
R. D. Bazemore, C. C.
BErfT ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
MA, GOVERNOR
SIGNS THE BIEL
LOCAL OPTION MEASURE BE
COMES A LAW BY SIGNATURE
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT
MONTGOMERY YESTERDAY.
Montgomery. Air., Feb. 22—In the
presence of the author of the bill and
a few friends Governor O’Neal late
yesterday afternoon signed the Parks
local option bill.
“Alabama has returned from run
ning after fads and theories to sanity
and conservatism. ” he said, after af
fixing his signature to the bill.
Salesman (showing umbrellas)
Here’s one with an exceptionally at
tractive handle.
Customer—Not for me! All my
umbrellas have been entirely too at
tractive.
Making love to a girl takes only en
terprise; making love to your wife
takes genius.
And people who do as they please
seem to get along about as well as
those who are always trying to please
with it is just prejudice.
ATLANTA IS MUDDLED
01Y. M. C. A. FIGURES
Atlanta. 22—‘Because the
leaders oft»,, movement did not
want to give much prominence to the
work being done by the negro mem
bers of the association, the local Y.
M. C. A. campaign for $600,000 got
into an apparently hopeless muddle
this week, so far as figures were con
cerned, and was not straightened out
'util the local newspapers insisted on
printing the exact facts in connection
with the case. Actually on one af
ternoon one newspaper printed an ap
peal that $2,000 had yet to be raised,
and the other paper printed at the
same moment, with exactly the same
figures in hand, an appeal tthat $136,-
000 in round figures had to be raised.
The matter is all straightened out now
with indications that the project will
come through all right. The negroes
are subscribing $75,000 instead of
$50,000 which was the original fig
ure they started in to work for.
PULLED FOR MIXING
BIBLE AND MAGIC
Atlanta, Feb. 22—For mixing sup
erstition and religion, Bible and “con
jure bags,” Rev. G. W. Georgia, an
Atlanta negro preacher, was sent to
the city stockade yesterday. Several
members of his “flock” testified that
the preacher had sold them “fortune
hands,” which he promised would
bring them money, success in love, and
numerous other material blessings.
Corrects False Report.
The Daily Argus is in receipt of a
letter from Mr. W. A. Jones, the
well known market man, which is
self explanatory. The letter is as fol
lows :
“Some folks, a little jealous of the
patronage I am receiving from the
good people of Dalton are circulating
a report that I am killing hogs fat
tened at my slaughter pen. This is
not true. Every hog or piece of
pork I’ve handled for more than a
year was either shipped from the
west or fattened by some good, sub
stantial farmer. W. A. Jones.”
PEACH CROP Bl BE
ONLY SLIGHTLY HURT
Continued cold weather last night
revived speculation as to the fate of
the peach crop, but even in the face '
of the severe temperatures, there I
seems to be no reason to jump at
conclusions and predict the loss of
the Elbertas.
Mr. W. F. Summerour, who has a
tree in the rear of his residence, ex
amined it at noon today and it ap
peared that the crop of this particu
lar tree would be damaged only ten
to fifteen per cent, so far. He had not
examined his orchard today.
Should the damage not be any
worse in orchards around Dalton than
it seems to be in this particular case,
there would be no great loss this sea
son as peach trees have a well known
tendency to overbear.
The weather may moderate tonight
and the thermometer may not go any
thing like as low as 20 degrees, which
was reported for the early hours of
this morning.
TERRELL IS STILL
SERIOUSLY ILL
Atlanta, Feb. 22—United States
Senator Joseph M. Terrell remains
seriously ill at a private hospital in
Washington, and it is understood on
reliable information here that his con
dition is so unsatisfactory that his
.friends have practically given up
for his being in the race for
rrnted Btates senator to sucreed him
self this summer.
Truth to tell. Senator Terrell is suf
fering from paralysis, and though
there have been periods of apparent
improvement since he was stricken
some weeks ago, the improvement has
never been permanent or satisfac
tory, and his relatives and friends
in Georgia are most uneasy about him.
Os course, be it plainly understood,
nobody has authorized the statement
that Senator Terrell will not be in
the race. He will be in it if he can.
But his friends who are closest in
touch with his physical condition now 7
feel that it will be impossible.
If the announcement does come
shortly in formal shape, it will pro
bably “let down the bars” for a half
dozen more candidates in addition to
those who are already practically in
the race.
There is a wide difference between
having a note in the bank and having
a bank note in the pocket and therein
lies the difference between complacen
cy and discontent.
The Cedartown Standard offers real
money to have the state eapitod re
moved to that village. We are glad
to know that the Standard’s delin
quent subscribers have been drop
ping in.
CONSERVATION.
The conservation of our nat
ural resources is clearly neces
sary for our welfare as a nation
now and hereafter. Conserva
tion implies both the develop
ment and the protection of re
sources, the one as much as the
other. The idea which underlies
it is in harmony with the true
spirit of this nation. It express
es a deep seated national con
viction. latent until it came, that
we have inherited from our fore
fathers both an opportunity for
ourselves and a duty to those
who come after us. Conserva
tion demands the use of com
mon prudence and common fore
sight in dealing with that upon
which our present and future
welfare depends. The essence
of conservation is the applica
tion of common sense to the
common problems for the com
mon good.—Gifford Pinchot.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
NET EARNINGS
DE W. 8 A.
SHOWS BIG INCREASE OVER
PREVIOUS YEAR, AS SHOWN
BY THE GEORGIA RAILROAD
COMMISSION.
The net earnings of the Western
and Atlantic railroad between Chat
tanooga and Atlanta, owned by the
state of Georgia and operated by the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway, increased $259,859.19 for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1910, ac
cording to the annual statement of
railroad earnings issued by the Geor
gia railroad commission. The net in
crease per mile was $1,826.79. The
total earnings were $1,022,368.25 as
against $762,508.06. The previous
year per mile earnings were $7,187.12,
against $5,360.34 the year before.
Rocky Face Telephones.
Work on the Rocky Face telephone
service has been completed and alto
gether nine telephones are connected
up on the line.
The line will enter Dalton at the
residence of Mr. W. P. Moore, imme
diately north of the city limits.
A Hastings, Mich., man recently
went to jail rather than pay a judge
ment of six cents.
DALTON LAWYERS AT
MURRAHO COURT
Spring Place, Ga., Feb. 22 —A large
crod is in attendance at court here.
Many cases are up for trial at this
term.
Among the lawyers and others from
Dalton are: W. C. Martin, S. P.
Maddox, Julian McCamy, Geo. Glenn,
F. K. McCutchen, John F. Camp, M.
C. Foster, Wiley Deßoard, J. A.
Looper. ,
The hotels are crowded and the
court room packed with humanity.
ADVISES FARMERS NOT TO
WORRY ABOUT WEEVIL YET
Mr. Editor: —
I notice in The Argus an account
of some man finding a boll weevil a
few days ago just after a train had
passed. I am wondering just what
has become of him this cold day. The
man did not say anything about his
having his blankets or overcoat with
him. It seems to me that people with
good judgement and reasoning facul
ties would not believe such tales
about the hot weather bug that stings
cotton bolls.
There is no cotton for him to live
on in cold weather. He passes the
winter months in the lava form, then
when the weather gets warm enough
comes out with wings and begins feed
ing on the cotton. 801 l weevils do
not feed on ice and snow.
The people of Whitfield county need
not get scared till the cold weather is
over and cotton begins to grow. Did
you ever try catching June bugs? If
you have, then you have some idea
about catching boll weevils during
June, July and August.
Did you ever hear of a man seeing a
June bug in February just after a
train had passed? Just keep cool un
til the weather gets hot. Then the
June bugs and boll weevils will begin
to fly. The locust does not come out
till there is something to live upon
and things begin to grow.
There is reason in all things. We
need thinking people in Georgia.
HUGH G. MILLER.