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VOL. XXXIII—NO. 32.
AMERICA SAW
SANE FOURTH
ON YESTERDAY
ONLY THIRTEEN DEATHS RE
PORTED IN ENTIRE COUNTRY,
WHICH IS SMALLEST NUMBER
OF CASUALTIES EVER RE
> PORTED—DAY OBSERVED IN
I TRULY PATRIOTIC MANNER.
Thirteen deaths from the old-fash
ioned celebration of the Fourth of
July was the total reported in the
United States, according to figures
compiled by the Chicago Tribune last
f night.
The nation-wide spread of the sane
Fourth movement brought fruit in
the smallest number of celebration
casualties ever recorded. In nearly
even- city where the use of explosives
was prohibited no accidents were re
corded. In others, where the dis
charge of explosives was allowed under
limitations, there was a decided fall
ing off in the number of the dead and
injured as compared with previous
H years.
The death list of thirteen compares
with twenty-eight reported the first
< night of last year’s celebration, when
3 the sane Fourth movement was estab-
W lished in fewer cities. The number
<; of injured reported is 294. as against
■ 1.784 reported up to the same hour
S last year. In 1909 there were 44
killed and 2,362 wounded.
The larger cities, which this year
absolutely forbade dangerous fire
works. included Atlanta, Ga.; Birming
ham. Chattanooga. Cleveland. Colum
bus. Kansas City, Los Angeles, Min
neapolis. San Francisco and Washing
ton. P. C. Os the fifty larger cities
which have ordinances forbidding the
use of any fireworks or the restrict
ing of their use to the least harmful,
nearly half had their new ordinances
enforced for the first time.
Giant firecrackers took the lead in
the number of fatalities, causing five
of the thirteen deaths. Revolvers
and firearms were second, with four.
Gunpowder caused two and the toy
Hk pistols, formerly the chief death
9 agents, caused two deaths.
The holiday generally was cele
brated with parades, speeches, con
certs and the display of fireworks
under municipal regulation.
In Chicago, there was only one per
son killed, a little girl, who died as
| the result of burns when a firecrack-
T er set fire to her dress. Thirteen
I injuries were traceable to fireworks.
I Six were burned by powder, three by
I other varieties of fireworks, one by a
I firecracker and three were shot. The
I heat killed many more than fell vic-
I tims to the sane Fourth.
B "‘Yes, we are going to the seaside
■ again—all but father. Father says
K he must have a rest.”
■ "Going fishing, eh?”
■ “No. He’s going to stay at home.”
■ ““Cleveland Plain Dealer.
| J. I. RICHANDSDN
I LOSES BARN TUESDAY
K The barn belonging to Mr. J. T.
H Richardson, near Tunnel Hill, was de-
■ s!r °yed by fire yesterday, all the farm-
■ -ng implements in it being consumed,
B as one mule which was in the
B structure at the time. The building
B struck by lightning during a
B -bunder storm. The loss of several
K '-ndred dollars is covered by insur-
ante.
THE DALTON ARGUS.
WHITE WAY
APPROVED BY
GUY COUNCIL
WORK WILL GO AHEAD ON THE
LIGHTING OF HAMILTON ST.
AND WHITE WAY WILL SOON
BE REALITY—NO MORE GLASS
TO TERRIFY AUTO TIRE PUR
CHASERS.
A ratification of the proposition to
build a Great White Way in Dalton
was one of the interesting features
of Monday night ’s regular session of
council.
Nearly enough money has already
been subscribed by individuals to
build the proposed way and at its
meeting council decided to go ahead
with the work.
The wiring of the city is now at
such a stage that the White Way
may be proceeded with almost imme
diately’ and this will be done.
There was also an ordinance passed
relative the throwing of glass or
tacks on the streets, and this measure
will be rigidly enforced and offenders
fined when detected. This will be
joyfully accepted by the autoists,
whose tires are now costing them
about SSO apiece.
The mayor was instructed to get
bids for a sceptic tank.
The report of the hall committee
was heard and adopted. The com
mittee has already started operations
on the erection of the new fire hall
and the job will be rushed forward
to completion as rapidly as possible.
ODD FELLOWS TO
HAVE BIG PICKIC
There will be a big Odd Fellows’
picnic at Varnell Saturday. There
are a number of good speakers on the
program and there will be several con
gests for different prizes. The Odd
Fellows’ march will take place at 10
o ’clock. Everybody invited.
War and Wedlock.
George Ade, the brilliant satirist,
delights in satirizing marriage, and
in a Memorial Day address at an In
diana veterans’ banquet in Brook, he
said:
“Take this from me, a bachelor—
the only difference between war and
matrimony is that in the one the
fighting takes place during the en
gagement, and in the other sometime
afterward.”
“George Ade was persuaded back
in 1906,” says a Chicago editor, “to
address a class of sweet girl gradu
ates in wliite. He amused the girls,
if he didn’t edify them.
“He told them for one thing, to
take no stock in crusty old bachelors
like himself. He said that bachelors
were all wrong in their ideas about
women. He instanced a bachelor to
whom his little niece once sang:
“ ‘I know something I won’t tell.’
“ ‘Never mind dear,’ said the crus
ty bachelor, ‘you’ll get over that
habit as you grow older.’ ”
“I think I’ll make my place very
exclusive this year; cater only to peo
ple of great wealth.”
“It’s a mistake to be too exclusive
old man. You’ll find that the richer
guests like to have a few poor people
around to snub.” —Kansas City Jour
nal.
o
It is time for the country’ to stop
quarreling about peace.
LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
DALTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1911.
DALTON SPENT SANEST
FOURTH IN HER HISTORY
MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE THRONGED THE STREETS AND EN
JOYED BIG PARADE—SINGING CONVENTION WAS BIG FEA
TURE AND AFTERNOON RACES AND CONTESTS WERE EN
THUSIASTICALLY APPLAUDED—THE CELEBRATION PASSED
WITHOUT INJURY TO ANYONE.
A patriotic north-east Daltonian let
loose a mammoth Japanese bomb yes
terday morning at the break of gray
dawn and was answered immediately
by a sunrise salute from a South Dal
tonian and the Glorious Fourth was
officially opened.
It was sane; it was safe and sober
and a most happy event. Before six
o’clock every road approaching Dal
ton was emptying great crowds into
the city. They came in every con
ceivable vehicle, on horse back and
on foot and it is conservatively esti
mated that from 4 to 5 thousand vis
itors were here. The general commit
tee had great tubs and barrels of ice
water placed at Miller Brothers, Dave
Alpers’ and the court house. These
vessels were liberally and abundantly
replenished throughout the day.
At nine o’clock the chief marshal
began the organization of what is
said to have been the largest, most
attractive and spectacular parade ever
witnessed in Dalton. The Dalton
Concert band furnished delightful
music all during the day. After the
beautiful parade disbanded, the im
mense throng went to the court house
where the baby show took place, fol
lowed immediately by the singing,
under direction of W. G. Tankers
ley, and it was a most entertaining
and delightful event, participated in
by as many as could crowd into the
building.
In the afternoon the races took
place on Hamilton street under direc
tion of Mr. Frank Percy and were
exciting throughout. From time to
time during the day ballons were sent
up by Messrs . Sapp and Pruden.
Not a moment of the day failed to
have its special interest. There was
no disturbing element to be seen,
heard or found anywhere; there was
no unseemly conduct on the part of
anyone. The day was the Glorious
Fourth indeed and in spirit.
A number of the automobiles in the
parade were handsomely decorated
and the car of Mr. C. D. Flowers was
The Nyes and Their Jokes.
Representative Frank M. Nye, of
Minneapolis has been told enough
stories about his brother. Bill
Nye, says the New York Herald, to
fill a book. Most of them have been
about jokes that “Bill” Nye turn
ed on the other fellow. Representa
tive S. W. Gould, of Maine, told Mr.
Nye an anecdote of his famous bro
ther in the House where the joke was
on the humorist.
“It was when your brother Bill was
living in New York,” said Mr. Gould,
“and a neighbor from Shirley, Me.,
where you were both born, had drop
ped into see him. He told him of the
old home place, the local pride in his
work and said:
“You know the old house is about
all that is left of the town of Shir
ley. ’ ’
“Yes, I suppose that’s so,” said
the humorist.
“But they think a great deal of
you,” continued the visitor. “The
old house stands at the corner and
they have put a tablet in front of
it.”
“This seemed to interest “Bill”
greatly. He leaned forward and in
quired what was on the tablet.
“Eight miles to Readville,“ said
the visitor.
awarded the distinction of being the
handsomest. The car was driven by
Mr. Flowers and with him were Mrs.
Flowers, Miss Addie May Flowers,
Miss Ethel Black and Miss Grace
Flemister.
Mr. Frank Percy’s car was sec
ond and with him were Mrs. Percy,
Mrs. Bob Shatzer and Miss McLean.
There were a number of very hand
some floats in the parade and the first
prize was awarded by the judges to
H. J. Vernon. Messrs. Barrett, Den
ton & Lynn also had an elaborate
float and on it were Misses Ellen
Lowry, Alleen Drummond, Jeffie Mc-
Daniel, Addie Horne and Ruth Horne.
Other prizes were as follows:
Best float—H. J. Vernon.
Prettiest young lady—Miss Ellen
Lowry.
Second prettiest young lady—Miss
Ruth Hassler.
Prettiest baby—Roena Anderson.
Second prettiest baby Richard
Fraker.
100 yard dash —First, W. C. Hill;
second, G. Combee; third, J. Kettles.
Bicycle race —First, Emmett Baker;
second, Ray Harris; third, Jim Ray.
Motorcycle race —P. B. Sapp.
In the baby show, the following
babies were entered by fond parents:
Thelma Cowart, Rowena Anderson.
Jack Fincher, Mary Dorothy Davis,
Levi Troy, Margaret Lee Wood, Neal
Huggins, Carrie Thomas. E. J. Jerni
gan, Jennie Ruth Wrinkle, Ollin
Wrinkle, Mary Nell Wrinkle, Clarence
Bearden, Ollie Glenn Leslie, Bessie
Lee Gray, Richard Fraker, “Nemo,”
No. 17, Orrin Huggins.
By far the most exciting feature
of the day was the speeding of auto
mobiles on Hamilton street. There
were no regular races, as with the
crowded condition of the streets it
would have proven dangerous had the
cars let loose at full speed. However,
the various drivers on the street rapid
ly caught the spirit of the moment and
there were made a number of nins
that thrilled the vast crowd of spec
tators.
The Origin of Thunder.
Once upon a time three Indians went
hunting. They walked for three long
days and nights but could see neither
game nor forests. They finally came
to a tall tree and one of the hunter ;
climbed to the top of the branches
in order to look for game. From the
tree top a path led to an Indian tepee
in the clouds. He at once informed
his companions on the ground and in
structed them to follow him. Arriv
ing at the tepee, they entered and
joined other Indians who were smok
ing their pipes. After feasting for
some time they all went out to hunt.
The reports of their guns were heard
on the earth, and even the Indians
of today believe that every time it
thunders those Indians are hunting
upon the Happy Hunting Ground.
One Indian upon returning to the
earth, told the Chippewas that by
offering up smoke as a sacrifice to the
thunder it would stop the thunder.
Some of the Indians still follow the
custom of smoking during a storm
to appease the thunder. —Genevieve
Bebeau (Chippewa) in the Red Man.
“I wonder what becomes of the
little girls who dig up the seeds they
plant, to see if they are growing.”
“They become little women and
i keep opening the refrigerator to see
DEATH OF NIRS.
A. H. SHAVER
IS ANNOUNCED
WELL KNOWN EDITRESS OF
JACKSON ARGUS AND FOR
MER DALTON WOMAN PASSES
AWAY IN ATLANTA—HUN
DREDS OF DALTON FRIENDS
WILL MOURN HER LOSS.
Mrs. A. H. Shaver, wife of the late
A. H. Shaver, who was at one time
proprietor of The Dalton Argus, pass
ed away at an Atlanta sanitarium
on Sunday, after an illness of some
days with typhoid.
At the time of her death Mrs. Sha
ver was owner and editor of The
Jackson Argus, one of the best
weekly papers in the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaver were resi
dents of Dalton for a number of years
and she had hundreds of warm, per
sonal friends here, who knew her
worth and will mourn her death.
After the death of Mr. Shaver, she
took active charge of The Jackson
Argus, where they were at the time
located, and has for a number of
years given the people of that city
a clean, progressive newspaper.
Mrs. Shaver leaves two children
and a number of relatives in Atlanta.
“Did you succeed in getting that
manager to engage you?”
“Yes. He is going to let me play
the part of a walking gentleman.”
“Well, you can walk alright, so you
will merely have to learn the other
part.”—Judge.
NAPOLEON WALKER
IS BURIED TODAY
Napoleon Walker, a well known col
ored citizen of Dalton died at his home
in this city on the night of July 3,
after an illness covering quite a period
of time.
Walker has for a number of years
driven a cab on the streets and by
his industry had accumulated quite
a comfortable living for himself and
family.
The funeral services will take place
this afternoon at the colored Presby
terian church and the interment will
follow at the cemetery west of Dal
ton.
The sale of real estate belonging to
I the Walker estate took place yester
day morning at the court house door.
The residence of the late Miss Car
oline Ellison on Pentz street was bid
in by Postmaster Crawford at $1,725.
The property adjoining the new
city hall was bid in by Mr. John
Chitwood for $415. Mr. Chitwood also
got the North Dalton lot for S7O.
Operation for Appendicitis.
Mr. Charles H. Smith, operator for
the Western & Atlantic railroad, was
operated on today at St. Joseph’s
hospital in Atlanta, for appendicitis,
the operation being entirely succes.. ul
and the patient resting nicely.
Mr. Joe Smith received a message
this afternoon from Dr. J. C. Rollins,
who, with Dr. Nicholson, performel
the operation, stating that Charlie was
doing nicely.
Mr. Smith suffered from a severe
attack of appendicitis several weeks
ago and Dr. Rollins advised an ope
ration as soon as he was well enough
to undergo it.
Try a Want Ad. in The Argus.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAS
GHATTANDDGA
LOSING WHEN
RAIN ARRIVED
{
LOCALS POUND CHATTANOOGA
PITCHER AND PILE UP SCORES
TILL RAIN INTERFERES AND
STOPS FOURTH OF JULY GAME
—LARGE CROWD ATTENDED
AND FANS WERE ORDERLY.
It was a mighty good thing for
that Chattanooga ball team that
Jupiter Pluvius intervened yesterday
afternoon when he did, for the local
aggregation certainly had that bunch
on the run, and when the smoke clear
ed awy in the fourth inning, (really
the third, as the locals tried to fan
out in their half of the fourth) the
score stood 13 to 0 in favor of Dalton.
During practice, the James Supply
team looked pretty good and every
body had a hunch that they would
give the locals a run for their money,
but they blew up in the very first in
ning, and things got worse as the
game progressed. Hits coupled with
errors gave the locals 3 scores in the
first inning, 5 in the second and 5 in
the third. That’s about enough
isn’t it?
That man Keister is all to the mus
tard when it comes to stick work, and
his long two-bagger drove in two men
in the initial round, and a couple of
errors allowed him to reach the key
stone. In the second he drove out
a pretty single and scored another
pair. Other members of the team
showed up well with the willow and
the fielding was high class. Trammell
behind the bat and Murchison on the
firing line composed a battery that
would be hard to beat. The latter
hails from Rome and had his oppon
ents on his staff from the very first.
He had shoots, slants, curves, high
ones, and crooked ones, and was a ter
ror as well as a puzzle to the Chat
tanooga boys.
Far be it it from us to say any
thing uncomplimentary about the
James Supply team, hut we are of the
opinion that they are capable of much
better grade of base ball that that
which they displayed yesterday.
Nearly every one of them bobbled and
they did not seem to be able to get
their hands on the ball, to say nothing
of holding it.
About four-thirty the rain com
menced and the large crowd took re
fuge in the County Fair building and
were forced to stay there for fully
an hour and when at last it was over
the diamond was a sea of mud and
further play was impossible.
Inasmuch as only four innings were
played the performance cannot be con
sidered a game, and we are desirous
of stating to the sporting editor of
The Times that their team was not
robbed of the game, the Dalton fans
did not crowd upon the field, and
that the James Supply Co. team is
composed of a bunch of gentlemanly
players. Come again.
DUANE TEAM WINS
FROM ELK CITY
The Duane Chair Factory team won
in an exciting game Saturday after
noon from the Elk team, the score
being 20 to 7. The batteries were as
follows: Duane, Buchanan and Owens;
Elks, Henry and Young.
The watermelon Jias arrived and
there are none so poor they cannot do
him reverence.