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VOL. XXXIII—NO. 19.
ILIG SCHOOLS
■ ARE A FARCE
| ngC ARES REPRESENTATIVE
Marshall at boosters 1
jffiETING HELD IN CLEVE
■ND-REFUSES TO SUPPORT
BOND ISSUE.
Ci|velati<l, Tenn.. March 21—All of
county has now heard of Rep-
J. K. P. Marshall’s utter
ances of last Saturday night when he
Jnod a position of hostility to the
puHic school system of the state.
<<fbe public school system of Tenn
is a farce and a fad from one
end If the state to the other.’’ were
hJfvact words. He uttered them in
thßeonrse of a speech before the
Cleveland Commercial club to justify
hiMttitnde of opposition to issuance
offtuds for the establishment of a
oiAy high school.
county people are enthus
iaOc supporters of the cause of pop
education. They have watched
iMgrowth of high schools in other
counties and glory in
thMfliievemeni wherever high schools
hglbeen established. They are eag
er® see a similiar institution flour
ishnv here where advanced instrue-
be within the reach of the
®nlreds of grammar school gradu-
this county. Public sentiment
in accord with the move
hut a snag has been struck in
of Representative Marshall.
..Li Uaidlliu’
been prepared authorizing
to issue $30,000 in bonds
for the purpose of establishing a high
scftl. a meeting of the Commercial
called and Mr. Marshall was
inwed to be present.
W addition to the high school bonds
itßas proposed to ask authority for
of $16,000 in bonds to meet
county's share of the cost
of the Hiawassee bridge, McMinn
yfing agreed to meet the other half;
asa $50,000 for construction of cer
pikes upon which all parties are
Marshall sat thru
and heard all the pro
outlined. Then he was called
for an expression of his views,
of the meeting went
near the freezing point when
Marshall vigorously told of his
opposition to bonds for any purpose
At first he said he pro-
to prevent passage of the en
acts. Discussion grew spirited
men of affairs present
■*' it clear to the legislator that
wanted the bonds issued,
intimated that the people of
‘■county would go before the legis
petition and secure passage
£|heiir bills over their representa-
I s head.
length Air. Marshall agreed to
and secure the passage of
f,, r issuance of bridge bonds
'i' was the limit. When pressed
the bonds for a high school
bitter in his opposition and
cd the entire public school
saying it was “a farce and a
10,11 °ne end of the state to the
county citizens who were
1 ! became conscious then that.
as f on the school question, the
T’A . is misrepresented. Before
Mr. Marshall agreed that
”ld introduce the school and the
. hill, but declared he would do
■ nn -’ toward their passage.
adjournment the members of
sm' lllb - SOt together a - ain and held a
a. * ln,li "nation meeting, in which
* r, T’resentative’s attitude was
v scored. The club will car-
B fight to Nashville and opinion
THR_DALTON ARGUS.
LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
CURETON CASE UP
TO SUPREME COURT
Tests Constitutionality of Prohibition
Law—Writ of Error Issued by the
Georgia Court of Appeals.
Atlanta, Ga., March 21 —For the
purpose of testing the constitutionali
ty of the state prohibition law and its
interference with interstate commerce,
the case of the state against George
Cureton, in which the latter was con
victed of violating the law, has been
appealed to the United States supreme
court. A writ of error was issued by
Judge B. H. Hill, of the Georgia court
of appeals.
Another point on which a ruling is
desired is whether or not Cureton vio
lated the state law by the liquor
transaction conducted through his
agent at Rising Fawn, where his dis
tillery is located.
In the state court it was held that
Cureton had violated the prohibition
law when orders were filled by his
agent at Rising Fawn, to whom the
purchase money was sent, and that the
transaction was culminated upon the
goods being turned over to the agent
of the express company at Rising
Fawn, who then became the agent of
the purchasers.
The ruling of the lower court has
been sustained by the Georgia supreme
court.
EARLY MORNING FIRE
CAUSES TOTAL LOSS
At an early hour this morning, fire
completely destroyed a small tene
ment house, which was purchased re
cently by Mr. W. M. Sapp. The
house was occupied by a man named
Vaughn and was located at Green
street and Walnut avenue.
The building was valued at about
S2OO, which is a total loss as there was
no insurance.
Q. & C. DETECTIVE IS SHOT
AND INSTANTLY KILLED
Picked Off Train While Guarding
Strike Breakers Near Danville, Ken
tucky Yesterday.
Danville, Kv., March 22—Violence
in connection with the strike of white
firemen on the Cincinnati, New Or
leans and Texas Pacific railroad
broke out afresh yesterday afternoon
when Oscar Spaeth, of Chicago, a de
tective employed in guarding strike
breakers, was shot and instantly kill
ed.
Speath was doing guard duty on a
freight train and when the train was
about four miles south of this city a
fusilade of shots rang out from the
roadside. Spaeth fell dead. Sheriff
Fox and a posse left Danville late to
day to search for the murderer or mur
derers. but up to eight o’clock last
night no report had been received from
the officers.
INFANT OF CHAS. HAYES
DIED AT DAWNVILLE
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hayes died at Dawnville
Tuesday. The interment occurred at
that place Wednesday.
Infant of Zeb Brooks Dead.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Zeb Brooks died at their home at
Crown Point Tuesday. Interment will
take place Wednesday afternoon.
here is that the enabling acts will most
certainly be passed, despite Mr. Mar
shall’s opposition.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH, 23, 1911.
FOUR THOUSAND WHITFIELD
COUNTY CITIZENS GREET
COLLEGE ON WHEELS TODAY
BOYS’ CORN CLUB, BOY SCOUTS AND MORE THAN TWO THOU
SAND SCHOOL CHILDREN VI SIT TRAIN HEADED BY BRASS
BAND.
MAYOR P. 8. TRAMMELL DELIVERS BRIEF
WELCOME ADDRESS TO TRAIN OFFICIALS
For Two Hours People Thronged the Exhibits and Heard Lectures on
Agriculture and Live Stock—Exhibits Were Highly Interesting But
There Was Not Sufficient Time in Which to Thoroughly Inspect Them.
Four thousand men, women and
school children from every section of
Whitfield county greeted the “Col
lege on Wheels” when it arrived in
Dalton this morning.
The band played, the people came
and kept coming and everybody had a
chance to hear the speeches and see
the exhibits.
The special, consisting of seven
cars, arrived from Rome over the
Southern railway at 7:40 o’clock in
charge of Trainmaster Haggard, En
gineer Smith and Conductor Rivers.
The cars were parked at the Mor
ris st'/eef crossing ’and immediately
upon the placing of the train, May
or Paul B. Trammell mounted the
platform of the Pullman and delivered
a brief address of welcome.
Mayor Trammell expressed his plea
sure at having the various officials
and their exhibits as the guests of Dal
ton and assured them that the people
of Whitfield county would learn much
from them. He also said that those
experts who had accompanied the
train would find that Whitfield county
was one which stood high in several
regards. He said that it was one
county in which the white men raised
nearly all its products. This was not
a county which made the production
of cotton its chief enterprise; the peo
ple diversified their crops, producng
grains of every kind and ranking high
in dairying and teh shipping produce.
Mayor Trammell closed by welcom
ing them to the best town in the best
county, in the state.
Professor J. E. Hite, who was in
charge of the special made a brief ad
dress, in which he paid special atten
tion to the proper cultivation of soils
for corn growing. He stressed the
problem of keeping nitrogen in the
soil and the proper use of commercial
fertilizers. He also gave directions
for the handling of the crowd and
the train was thrown open to the
awaiting spectators.
Tn the crowd were at least 4,000
people. It is estimated that from
1,000 to 1.500 school children from
the county schools were on hand and
accompanying them were probably
more than five hundred older people.
The morning trains brought many of
the best people of Whitfield county
and others came in buggie; wag
ons arriving early in the day.
Promptly at 7:45 the school chil
dren marched from the Fort Hill
school along Waugh street to the city
Park school, where they were joined
by the park school delegation and
from there to the train they proceeded
about 1,000 strong.
The Boy Scouts, under command of
W. M. Sapp, assembled at the court
house and marched in a body, dis
persing at the train.
The Boys’ Corn club also came in a
body from the court house, carry
ing specially painted banners and led
by County School Commissioner J. C.
Sapp.
More than 2,000 citizens of Dalton
were on> hand and the crowd surged
in every direction.
The l>est of order was kept and
through the effective assistance of the
police in watching out for the chil
dren. noi one was injured.
With the train in addition to Prof.
Hite, were the following well known
officals:
J. PhiVCampbell, of the Boys’ Corn
Clubs.
J. W.jHart, dairy expert.
G. expferi.
W. M. Landis, poultry expert.
P. F. Bahnsen, state veterinary.
E. M. Nighbert, tick eradicator.
J. E. Darvey, machinery expert.
O. W. Stevens, industrial agent Sou
thern railway.
O. E. Martin, U. S. department of
agriculture.
J. C. Bradley, Entomoligist.
Joe Curtis, Macon newspaper man.
Commissioner Hudson was not on
the train but it was stated that he
would join it later in the day.
-The exhibits in the cars were very
interesting. They showed a model
farm, farming and dairy apparatus,
a department of soil analysis and hun
dreds of other things, vital to those
studying up-to-date methods.
The live stock exhibits, perhaps at
tracted the greatest amount of atten
tion. There were percheron horses,
ayrshire cows, Tamworth hogs, sheep
and poultry. When this live stock
was displayed, interesting lectures
were delivered by the various experts
in each class.
Tn the ears where the farmng ex
hibits were displayed, an expert gave
a lecture with each exhibit.
The crowd was so great that it was
difficult for those interested to re
main long in any one exhibit, espec
ially as the train could remain till
only a little after ten o’clock. The
peope appreciated the show, but there
was an almost universal expression of
regret that it could not have stayed
in Dalton for at least half a day.
The train left for Plainville via
the Southern about 10:25.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by Wolcott's Carnival band.
Corn Club Holds Meeting.
The Whitfield County Boys’ Corn
club held an enthusiastic meeting at
the court house today after the de
parture of the agricultural train and
it was decided to hold the next meet
ing on the first Saturday in June.
A resolution of thanks was accord
ed Mr. J. Phil Campbell, of the agri
cultural train for his marked cour
tesies to the members of the club this
morning and he was unanimously elec
ted to be judge of the corn.
COL. LEWIS D. PULNIER
OILS M JLSHIILLE
REMAINS WILL BE BROUGHT TO
DALTON FOR INTERMENT
FORMERLY LIVED HERE AND
WAS INFFLUENTIAL CITIZEN.
News of the death of Col. Lewis D.
Palmer which occurred in Nashville,
Tenn., Tuesday night was received in
Dalton early Wednesday morning. His
death was due to paralysis.
Col. Palmer resided in Dalton a
number of years, and when a young
man taught school in this city. For
a long time he was proprietor of the
Cherokee Manufacturing company. He
was a trustee of Emory college, his
alma mater, for a number of years,
and was prominently identified with
the Methodist church and business in
terests of this section. He later mov
ed with his family to Nashville,
Tenn., where he has since resided.
A life-long friend of Col. Palmer,
on hearing of his death, said: “His
was a long and useful life, and like
the golden grain ready for the cycle he
fell asleep, full of years and noble
deeds. ’ ’
Col. Palmer is survived by four sons
and one daughter.
The remains will arrive in Dalton
Friday morning and the funeral ser
vices will be held in the First Metho
dist church, followed by interment in
West Hill cemetery.
COLLAR DEMONSTRATOR
JI HARLAN 8 NEAL’S
Mr. E. B. Moore, a practical col
lar demonstrator, is at the clothing
store of Harlan & Neal this week,
where he is giving a demonstration
of the “Lion” collar, showing the
various styles and merits of this well
known brand of collars. During the
demonstration large crowds gather in
front of the store and are interest
ed and entertained. It is an excel 4
lent way of advertising and will prove
of much benefit to the firm and the
makers of “Lion” collars.
TUNNEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL
TO CLOSE FRIDAY MORNING
X ——
The Tunnel Hill High School will
hold its closing entertainment Friday
morning, beginning at 9:30. A short
but interesting program has been pre
pared. All the friends and patrons
will receive a hearty welcome. Coun
ty School Commissioner Sapp will be
present to deliver an address and also
to present the medals to the success
ful contestants.
Owing to a business engagement
Mr. Berry will not hold his normal as
in the past, but will enter at once into
his new field of endeavor.
This marks the closing of three suc
cessful years of school work in this
community.
Mr. Berry will carry the love and
confidence of the community and es
pecially his students and teachers, in
to his new field of labor.
The annual school sociable will be
held at Dr. W. J. Greene’s Thursday
evening, to which all the students are
invited. The teachers enjoyed a six
o’clock dinner with the family of Dr.
W. A. Jordan Thursday evening.
Tunnel Hili, Ga., March 22.
“Do you think that man will make
a success of farming?’ asked one real
estate agent.
I’m afraid not,” replied the other.
“He’s too particular about finding a
farm in a neighborhood where the fish
ing's good.”—Washington Star.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
MURRAY WILL
HAVEJIfi DAY
AGRRICULTURAL TRAIN WHICH
ARRIVES AT CHATSWORTH
TOMORROW WILL BE GIVEN
AN OVATION—BASKET DIN
NER ON THE GROUNDS.
Murray county is in readiness for
the college on wheels which will ar
rive at Chatsworth tomorrow after
noon at 3:30 o'clock.
The address of welcome will be de
livered by Hon. C. N. King, of Spring
Place and the principal speaker of
the occasion is to be Hon. W. C. Mar
tin, of this city.
At 2 o’clock a basket dinner will
be spread by the people of the county,
and a large number of farmers and
their wives together with the county
school children are expected to at
attend.
A principal feature of the day’s
proceedings will be the formal organ
ization of the Boys’ Corn club. Mr.
P. H. Bond, one of the foremost ag
riculturalists of Murray county, to
gether with County School Commis
sioner W. D. Gregory, are back of
this moevment and they have already
enlisted the co-operation of nearly
fifty young men, who will doubtless
take up the work.
It will be a ereat day at Chatsikorth
and it is believed that a number of
Dalton people will attend.
STAND IN LONG LINES
TO PAY COUNTY TAXES
I
Savanah, March 21 —Tax payers
anxious to save the 10 per cent dis
count on the county assessment crowd
ed around the door of the tax collec
or‘s office at the court house and stood
in line by the hour yesterday morning
as it was the last day allowed for the
discount.
As is usual hundreds of persons
put off until the last day what they
could just as easily have attended to
a week ago when there was no particu
lar rush. When 2 o’clock, the clos
ing hour was reached, there was still
a number of taxpayers waiting in line.
Many persons stood in line for
hours to save five cents, but they got
the satisfaction of saving the dis
count on the amount they owed the
county. Under the new system adopt
ed by the county commissioners tax
payers may pay the county taxes in
quarterly installments and save the
same discount allowed by the city.
RUMOR SAYS STRIPLING
WILL BE FREE MAN
Atlanta. March 22 —A well defined
rumor coming from an apparently reli
able source, has it that the majority
of the members of the prison board
have practically decided in favor of
the pardon of Edgar Stripling, the
Danville police chief, who was con
victed of murder in this state years
ago, who escaped, and was only re
captured last month. The matter does
not come up for hearing until April,
and the board as a body has not pass
ed on it at all.
Information Given.
A very pretty girl who resides on
North Broad street was standing in
the hallawy of her home several even
ings ago and the young man who had
been calling on her was taking an af
fectionate farewell, says the Philadel
phia Times.
Just as he kissed her for the last
time the irate father stormed down
the hall and demanded to know what
the young man was “trying to do.”
The young man said he was “try
ing to look unconcerned,” and then
bolted.