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■oL XXXnI-NO. 39. ■only four days left S OF DOUBLE VOTE OFFER Bliss Lucy Reed, of Trickum New Leader ML ST big offer will SOON BE OVER— winners WILL HUS ■ tle every minute— get every available SUBSCRIP- I TION in by SATURDAY—DON’T BE TOO LATE—DO IT TODAY ■ 000000000000 f TODAY’S ANSWER o M The only way to make your- o ■ self a prize winner in. this con- o H t€st i s to get subscriptions and o SM lots of them and get them in on o !■ t7~p double vote offer. o K 000000000000 ■■The double vote offer will close ■iturday night at 9 o’clock and a Huch smaller number of votes will be the last week of the contest. ISDME GOOD I ROAD NEWS I FROM BELOW 1-; CALHOUN NEWS CONTAINS FEW VERY INTERESTING HEtems that are most ac ceptable TO DALTONANS. ■ ' ■B* following ’*-'ir.s ale taken from |Me Calhoun News of its issue today. E -■Libert N. Tumlin, of Cave Springs, to Calhoun Monday to confer K Bh Mr. F. L. Dyar with reference Good Roads Movement. At recent Good Roads conference in Mr. F. L. Dyar and Mr. Bfclciidin were appointed on the com- to work for the improvement roads. KHA scost ear will leave Atlanta Tues of next week, and will travel by B**- of Marietta, Cartersville, Cal- BHin and Dalton to Chattanooga and BB ura to Atlanta by LaFayette, and Cartersville. ■Bfessre. Dyar and Tumlin are con getting out a circular letter HUB* 6 people along the proposed good showing the advantages of good We hope they will succeed in this movement to the atten of the public. BBEhere is no more pressing question IB consideration. Messrs. T>yar and will devote considerable time S attention to this movement and |B U ‘ ( 1 be encouraged by all progress citizens. They are the right men right place. ■ A Tale of Two Cities. BjCharles Dickens’ beautiful story, BB Tale of Two Cities,” dramatized a jthoto play, will be presented II ’te Eastern Star performance at the Dalton Picture story is too well known to be repeating; it is sufficient to say photography is good, both IPS' 'amatic execution and mechani- Brt. ’ckets for the benefit are being L F>y a force of young ladies en fw in canvassing the town, and a D *d of not less than 1,000 will ness the various performances on totsday. There will be good illus lie<i songs, some of the best artists Vln ? promised their services. A. B. Findlay, of Coffee eoun -18 in the race for gover- r > and it won’t be long before he out of it.—Rome Tribune. TILL DALTON ARGUS. Everyone is assured of this, to take warning. Read the vote schedule. Many thousands of votes were cast in the contest Saturday and an ex ceptionally large number of votes clipped from the paper were receiv ed for the many young women in the contest. No doubt the polling will be heavy the rest of the week as the special offer will give the contestants at the bottom of the list a chance to create a reserve and also to poll heavy in order to close the gap that exists (Continued on last page.) A DAETON NEGRO IS KILLED ■ - JOHN PONDERS IS SHOT TO DEATH IN CHATTANOOGA BY A WOMAN WHO PLEADS SELF DEFENSE. Im* Claiming tire rthwritteiTlaw'asTier defense, Victoria Moon, a will face a preliminary hearing in police court this morning for the kill ing of John Ponders, a negro, yes terday afternoon. The woman ■shot Ponders once in her home at the cor ner of Florence and Tenth streets. He died a short time later at Er langer hospital, says The Chatta nooga, Times today. At the time of the shooting there was no one in the room but the woman and her victim. She states that he attempted to assault her, and that she shot in desperation, having failed to ward him off by physical effort. It is understood that Ponders died with out having made a statement. There had been trouble between the two for some time. Ponders having stabbed the Moon woman about one month ago, inflicting several painful wounds. She declared that she felt no ill feeling because of this, and that she had admitted him to her home again. The woman is married and her husband was at work at the time of the shooting. Ponders was a negro with a bad reputation. Aside from the cutting of the woman, he had been in several police eases recently, having been fined $5 and costs in police court only a few hours before the shooting. He was up for being drunk and disorder ly. The negro was a waiter in a local restaurant. Chief Hill aud Capt. W. H. Smith arrested the Moon woman, and she is being held without bond. Colonel Martin in Murray. A prominent citizen from over in Murray county today to an Argus man said: “If Bill Martin will run against Judge Fite he will carry my county by at least one thousand majority.” So it goes. A well known friend of Judge Fite was in town today from Catoosa county and as good as admit ted that if Colonel Martin entered the race he had but little doubt of his carrying Catoosa county by a hand some majority. . ■ * I LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION. DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 24. 1911. COL MARTIN LIKE BANOUO’S GHOST WILL NOT DOWN—AN EXCHANGE HAS GOTTEN ALL THE CHEROKEE JUDICIAL DOPE CORRECTLY— THE PEOPLE WANT THE DAL TON MAN TO GO IN AND BEAT JUDGE A. W. FITE FOR THE ERMINE. Apparently tired of the kind of advertising that the portion of North Georgia comprising the Cherokee cir cuit has been getting from the pre sent judge of the superior court of that circuit, Mr. Fite, a number of the leading citizens of the Cherokee circuit are making an effort to induce Col. W. C. Martin, former senator from the Forty-third district, to make the race against Judge Fite, says the Chattanooga Times. Col. Martin is one of the leading at torneys of the Cherokee circuit, and while he has not as yet definitely pro mised to run, it is practically certain that he will accept the nomination and make the race. Colonel Martin is not a politician— in fact he probably has fewer politi cal aspirations than any other prac ticing attorney in circuit — apd l;e (loesiQ want jo enter into any Scramble for the office, according to i he'citizens. It is knownf* however, by his intimate friends that he would like to be judge of this circuit; he has in the past, said as much; and the fact that his desire leads in that di rection makes his friends certain that he will become a candidate if he is made to see that the people want him. With such knowledge, it is then be lieved that his announcement will be forthcoming. Col. S. P, Maddox, widely mention ed as a probable candidate for the judgeship, has definitely decided to re main out of the ace. He has stated positively that he will not offer for the office, and has given his friends to understand that his decision is final. Since being mentioned for the office he has received numerous assurances of support from men in every county in the circuit, and would, had he be come a candidate, have proved an ex tremely hard man to defeat. But in the face of this he has decided to re main out of the race. He will, in all probability, offer for the office some time later, but he will not be a can didate in the approaching election. This decision on the part of Col. Maddox has caused the friends of Col. Martin to get busy in earnest, and they are putting it up to him that with Col. Maddox out of the race he will have to run. It has served as an added impetus to get Col. Martin in the field, and so great is the pressure being brought to bear upon him that he is going to find it an extremely hard matter to keep out of it. The fact that Colonel Martin would like to occupy the bench as judge of the superior court of this circuit is eing talked around by his friends, and as soon as the people over the circuit realize that he would like to serve them in this capacity, his friends be lieve he will receive enough requests to cause him to become a candidate. His friend are confident that Col. Martin could easily carry the four northern counties of the circuit, name ly: Whitfield, Murray, Catoosa and Dade. They also believe he could car ry Gordon county and could, without doubt, muster considerable strength in Bartow. , . . » CITY FATHERS MET; DID MUCH BUSINESS IMPORTANT MATTERS WERE DISPATCHED—THE OLD CAL ABOOSE TO BE TORN AWAY TAX RATE NEXT YEAR NIAOEUP New Street Work to Commence at Once. Full Account of the Session. The Dalton city council met in reg ular semi-monthly session last night and transacted quite a lot of impor tant business. All of the member were present except Aiderman King, who is sick, and Aiderman Mann, who is out of the city. Clerk Carroll was absent, attending a funeral. The coinmittee upon the selection of a fire warden reported the names of Messrsi Frank Manly, Frank Mit chell and Chief Will Perry. The council selected Frank Manly. On motion of Aledrman Shumate the council widl look into the advisability of changing the fire limits on the west side of Hamilton street. After thorough!; considering the proposi tion to allow the Cherokee Manufac turing eoiiyany to lay a sideways of rtmall stone nd chert on'rfs top aTong side of its plant on Hamilton street, the council agreed to allow it. Ai derman Thomas voting no.. On mo tion of Alderman J. J. Duane the city will tear down the old calaboose, Mayor Trammell remarking that it was unprecedented. He knew of no place under ten thousand inhabitants that had no use for a bastile, a don jon and thought its removal would be good advertisement to Dalton as being composed of such splendid citizenship as to need no durance vile. The old “Boose” will have to go. Aiderman Elkins suggested that it had been the rendezvous for every booze fighter who wanted to take a drink. The mayor thought that remark was not in acordance with the recent state ment that there were no blind tigers in the Cherokee circuit. It was de cided to grade the sidewalks from Crawford to Pentz street. Work will be done on Long street. A deed of a sufficient amount of space in the park in Crawford street will be made to the state of Georgia on which will be placed the Joseph E. Johnston monu ment. Bids will be advertised for on building the sidewalks in the newly asphalted part of the city on the lots of those who have not layed walks as per instructions of the council. This work will be done by the city and charged up to the lot owners and if they fail to pay the lots will be sold. The claim of Dave Kettles for damage to a horse was not allowed. The fin ance committee established the tax rate for this year as follows: Interest and sinking fund 40 Schools 35 Advalorem 50 Total $1.25 This is expected to raise thirty thousand dollars for the coming year. It is highly probable that the rule will be established that all who pay their taxes by September 10th will get a two and a half per cent dis count and all who pay by October 10th will get a discount of one and a quarter per cent. This will save the necessity of borrowing money at a high rate of interest. It is believed WITH JACKKNIFE SLAYS LION WHICH HAD KILLEDBABY BOY A Texan’s Battle With Forest Monaivu Juan Morales, With Right Arm In the Giant Jaws of the Huge Beast, Fought Desperately With His Left and After Terrific Struggle Won In an Unequal Combat. Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 21—News reached here yesterday that Juan Morales, a Spanish farmer, living seven miles out of town, with a jack knife as his only weapon, killed a mountain lion which had killed one of his children in their home, bound up his arm, which the lion had lacer ated and crushed in the fight and walked into town, where the surgeons say he must sacrifice his arm. Morales’ 3-year-old boy, thinking INDICTMENTS OF DALTONIAN DISMISSED CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS DISMISSES CHARGES AGAINST PATRICK CALHOUN, A FOR MER AND POPULAR MAN WHO ONCE LIVED IN DALTON. The charges against Patrick Cal •Jioun, president of the united Rail way company of San Francisco, and also those against Messrs. Fort, Ab bott and Mullaly, of the same corpor ation, preferred against them just af ter the San Francisco earthquake on the grounds of bribery, were ordered dismissed by the court of appeals in California on Tuesday. The Calhoun case was tried twice before the decision of the circuit court of appeals was reached Tuesday. At one time the jury stood 11 to 1 for acquittal, and at another 10 to 2. The last trial occurred 18 months ago, and the friends of Mr. Calhoun have tried incessantly and without avail to have Judge Lawler call the case again. Finally they resorted to a superior court decision, with the result of an order to the lower court, where the charges are held, to dismiss all indict ments against Messrs. Calhoun, Ford, Abbott and Mullally. This will be formally done soon. Mr. Calhoun once lived in Dalton and has many friends here who will be glad to hear the good news. Revival Closed. The revival at Grove Level Baptist church which has been so successful ly conducted by Rev. C. C. Maples, came to a close Friday night. There were 18 admissions into the church and there will be a baptising at Coa huila creek, about one mile east of the church Sunday. many of the larger tax payers would take advantage of this discount. Dr. J. F. Hrris spoke to the meet ing on the water question and thought the Alteration plants will not be suffi cient for the purpose of purifying the amount of water consumed by Dalton. He was informed that the construct ing engineers thought them more than sufficient by a very large amount. A bill of G. W. Orr amounting to about twenty dollars was allowed. Mr. John Black, Jr., acted as clerk in the ab sence of Clerk Will Carroll. The min utes of the last meeting were passed j over for approval on account of the absence of Mr. Carroll. Nothing fur ther appearing the council adjourn ed. u ONE DOLLAR A YEAR the lion was a dog, had called it into the house and started to pet it when the animal attacked the children. Their screams brought their afther from the field, but the baby which had attempted to pet the beast had been killed before the father arrived. The lion instantly left its prey and in its first leap caught Morales’ right arm in its jaws and crushed it. He worked his left arm free, however, and succeeded in stabbing the beast ; to death after a desperate battle. DICK RUSSELL DECLARES FOR LOCAL OPTION THE RECENT LEGISLATURE NOT GOING ON RECORD OR PER MITTING LEGISLATION WHICH TOUCHED THE ETERNAL WHI SKY QUESTION CAUSES A CANDIDATE TO DECLARE HIM SELF. . M If- H • «U Lyons, Ga., Aug. 22—Declaring un equivocally for local option, Judge Richard Russell, candidate for gov ernor to succeed Hoke Smith, recog nized the liquor question in the gub ernatorial campaign in his speech in Lyons today, and there is now an is so clear cut that the fight, of ne cessity must 'simmer down to a bat tle between the prohibitionists and those who feel that each community should be permitted to consult its own wishes in the matter of the traffic in liquor. Without quibble and so positive that his purpose or meaning could not be mistaken, “Plain Dick” Russell ac cepted the challenge that will give Georgia a spirited campaign, that would not have been possible under different circumstances. W. K. Calloway is going to ship his Indian ponies to South Georgia. DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY They Will Hold a Meeting Friday Afternoon at the Home of Mrs. J. E. Satterfield. The Daughters of the Confederacy are all urged to go to the home of Mrs. J. E. Satterfield on Friday afternoon, at four o’clock. There will be business of importance. This frill be the last meeting at which the former president, Mrs. Mary W. Elrod, will be able to attend before she goes to Atlanta to make that city her home. MOVING PICTURES TOMORROW BENEFIT OF EASTERN STAR From one o’clock tomorrow noon until 10 p. m. the ent ; ceeds of the motion picture sh be given the Eastern Star Everybody is invited to come o —d help this order besides seeing usually good lot of pictures. Mana ger Hayward has ordered a special ly fine lot of films for this occasion and no one attending will go away ' 1 disappointed.