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DALTON’S KW
VAUDEVILLE
IO OPEN
THE MARION WILL SWING ITS
DOORS WIDE TO THE LOVERS
OF GOOD WHOLESOME AM
USEMENT JUST AFTER THE
COUNTY FAIR CLOSES.
The Marion. Dalton's new vaude
ville house, will open right after fair
week, according to Phil Hayward, its
manager. There will be several good
vaudeville acts, being the select pick
from those shown at the Majestic in
Chattanooga by Winfrey B. Russell,
the manager of that house. In ad
dition there will be moving pictures.
The bill will be changed twice a week,
on Mondays and Thursdays. The
house will seat 360 and there will be
three performances daily, so that
everyone will have a chance to see the
show. Special matinee will be given
for the women and children every
afternoon at greatly reduced prices.
There will be two night performances.
Mr. Hayward announces that he
will have a moving picture show at
the fair and that the same grade of
films will be shown there as have been
presented at the Dalton Picture
Show, and that the er-elent music
furnished by Miss Rogers, he accom- j
plished pianist, and Mr. Quillian, the
clever trap drummer, will be con’in
ued at the fair.
The present show will be turned to
the colored residents of Dalton and
!
vicinity, beginning next Monday, and ,
a continuous performance will be giv- '
on from 6 to 10 p. m.
Cleveland, Tenn.. Oct. 6—At least
8.000 spectators witnessed the three
successful flights made here yester
day by Charles K. Hamilton, one of
America’s most noted and successful
aviators. The exhibition was given
under the auspices of the Bradley
county fair, which opened Tuesday.
Hamilton was scheduled to make his
first flight at 11 o'clock, but owing to
the delay in setting the biplane in or
der, he first ascension did not take
place until 2 p. m.
Long before the hour of 2 had ar
rived the grandstand was completely
filled and an immense. crowd was
■stnding on the billsides surrounding
the starting place. The start was made
from the summit of a small knoll just ’
west of the fair grounds, and was
considered by the aviator as a favor
able spot for starting.. The weath
er was ideal, the wind coming from
the north in a steady gale.
Tn tb.e third and last flight, which
occurred about 4 p. m. Mr. Hamilton
exceeded both tb.e height and speed
attained at the two previous flights.
Mr. Hamilton is accompanied on
his southern trip by his wife: IT. B.
Wise and G. Dexter, his mechanicans.
Mr. Hamilton departed last night for
Birmingham, where he will give aerial
exhibitions.
FRANKLIN WOMAN
DIES AT AGE OF 103 :
Lavonia, Ga., October 6—Mrs. Han
nah Farrow, of three miles south of
Lavonia, died on September 2, at the
age of 103. Air. Farrow had lived
in Hart county for the last 50 years
of her life. Those who knew her do
not doubt that she was more than 100
years of age. Her father was Mr.
Reuben Cleveland. She was married,
her husband dying many years ago.
Perhaps So.
The late David Graham Phillips
had, like many bachelors, a cynical
view of matrimony, says the New
York Tribune.
Air. Philips at a well remembered
reunion of Princeton class ’B7, at
the Princeton dub, said*of marriage:
“The Persians have a proverb tluit
every young man should consider well
before proposing. It runs:
‘“He that ventufeth on matrimony
is like unto a sack containing many
thousands of serpents and one eel.
Yet, if the prophet so will it, he may
draw forth the eel.”
N. C. & ST. L. CHARGES
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Atlanta, Oct. 6 —Hearing on the
charge that the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St. Louis railroad, as
lessee of the Western & Atlantic, is
violating its contract with the state
in the matter of freight rates from
Chattanooga to Georgia points were
begun here yesterday before Governor
Hoke Smith. The hearings were call
ed by Governor Smith on the advice
of the state railroad commission. (
which investigated the case. They
will determine whether the state will
briny suit to enforce the contract.
The Western and Atlantic is owned
by the state of Georyia and is operat
ed under lease by the Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. Louis. The latter
company is deeuared to have charged
higher freight rates than the commis-,
sion specifies in the contract.
Attorneys for the road contend that
the contract does not empower the
commission o regulate the rates. The
hearings will continue several days.
Mutt and Jeff have added a dog to
their aggregation.
NEGRO SOCIETY WILL
BUILD $50,000 HOME
Albany, Ga., Oct. 6 —The Supreme
Circle of Benevolence, one of the lar
gest negro benevolent organizations
in the country, with a membership of
more than $20,000, has decided to
build a $50,000 temple in this city.
The temple will be the official home
of the order. The decision to build
it was reached at the recent supreme
lodge meeting in Brunswick.
The temple will be constructed with
stores on the ground floor and offices
of the big organization on thevipper
floors. The headquarters f the or
ganization have been in Al' any since
jits organization several years ago.
Its. membership covers several Sou
thern states. It paid gOO death
claims last year. It's officers are
among the most prominent colored
cititens of this section.
ONE WOMAN DEAD;
ANOTHER IS DYING
Copper Hill, Tenn., Oct. 6 —As the
result of the explosion of five sticks
of dynamite at the home of Mr. R.
A. Barclay this morning, Mrs. Steve
-. ’ c
| Lofeus was instantly killed, Mrs. R.
* (I
A. Barclay fatally injured and Mrs.
C. A. Jarrard slightly wounded. It ’
is thought that Mrs. Jarrard will re- *
cover. :
The dynamite and several dyna- f
mite saps were placed on a shelf in .
the bouse while vacant by workmen.
I Later a painter, not knowing that the ; |
I package conained dynamite, placed it |
I in a fireplace and one of he members
I of the family kindled a fire in it un
awares of its presence. This caused ,
the explosion. The house was badly ,
damaged. Mr. Barclay recently mov-
I ed from Etowah.
ATHENS WOMAN ROBBED
OF BIG SUM AT ATLANTA
Atlanta, Oct. 6—Mrs. Yancey Har
ris, of Athens, Ga., was robbed of a
handbag said to contain several thou
sand dollars worth of jewelry by a
clever thief at a local hotel yester
| day.
Mrs. Harris had just entered the
hotel and had given the bag to a bell
boy, preparatory to registering. A
well-dressed man is alleged to have
taken the bag along with his own and
mysteriously disappeared. Local de
tectives have been assigned to the
case.
HAVE YOU YOUR $34.35?
That is Now the Per Capita Circula
tion in This Country.
M ashington, Oct. 6 —Each citizen
of the United States, under an equal
division would have $34.35, the per
capital circulation on Oct. 2. accord
ing to the circulation statement of
the treasury department. The total
money in circulation amounted to $3,-
242.182,715. an increase over the pre
ceding month, when it was $3,228,913,-
G 34.
It's funny how sympathetic some
ipeope are when it’s useless.
THE DALTON ARGUS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1911.
TROOPS ON GUARD
WITH MACHINE GUN
AT M’COMB CITY
Soldiers Are Patrolling R. R. Tracks
CONFERENCES ARE BEING HELD BUT SO FAR NEITHER SIDE
ARE ABLE TO STATE WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE CON
FLICT WILL BE—UNEASINES S FELT ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 6 —Governor
Noel last night instructed that troops
be sent to Water Valley to protect
strike-breakers at the shops of the
Illinois Central railroad. According
to a dispatch from the sheriff of Yalo
busha county and the mayor of Water
Valley, imported shopmen and local
men who desire to work are being in
tamidated.
McComb City, Miss., Oct. 6—Na
tional Guard companies at Aberdeen,
Columbus, Caladonia and Newton, a
total of 175 men, were last night or
dered to proceed immediately to Wat
er Valley.
McComb. Miss., Oct. 6—With the
tightening of lines, both of military
and union, the struggle here between
the Illinois Central railroad ami its :
strikers settled down last night to one
of endurance. Three hundred or more
state troops, reinforced by a machine
gun an ■ p’ intoon to operate it. pa- '
trol the property of the railroad. ’
Lines cl sentries prevent an entrance
to the s’ ops. except to those provided
with p:ms:s issued only by military
authorities.
The strikers are orderly and since
the outbreak of last Tuesday nothing
has happened to mar the peace of
this otherwise peaceful city. The
strikers and citizen soldiery appear
to be on the best of terms, and no re
«mtment at the presence of the lat
ter or differences have been noticed.
PUT SMALL FARMS ON THE
MARKET.
There is a well-developed movement
on the part of many farmers who own
extensive farms to sell off part of
their holdings. In the first place they
find it difficult to secure farm labor,
and in the second place they realize
that by intensive cultivation they can
accomplish more on a smaller acreage.
We would like to suggest to those
farmers who wish to sell part of their
holdings, that instead of offering it
for sale in one large block, which puts
it beyond the reach of the small farm
er or the man of limited means, they
cut it up into small tracts of from 30
to 40 or 50 acres.
We believe tliat by doing this they
can realize a greater aggregate sum
for their land than if they sell it in
one body. Then we believe they will
be doing a good service for their coun
try. for as we increase the number of
small farms in the county, we in
crease intensive farming and promote
the wealth and greatness of this sec
t ion.
Besides, they will be helping many
a tenant farmer to secure a home of
his own, and as you make a land
owner and a home-owner of a man you
make it possible for him to reach his
maximum development as a good cit
izen.—LaFayette Messenger.
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He Recited.
The freshman, who was a lanky
youth, sat in the rear seat, says Van
ity Fair. His attitude was sprawling
and he was either asleep or seemed
about to go to sleep.
“Mr. Fraser,” said the physician,
sh a rply, “you may rec it eI ”
Fraser opened his eyes. He did
not change his somnolent pose.
“Mr. Fraser, what is work?”
‘Everything is work.”
“What! Everything is work?” «
“Yes sir.”
“Then I take it you would like the
class to believe the desk is work?”
“Yes, sir,” wearily, “woodwork.”
Probably there is nothing more in
dustrious than an idle rumor.
Additional national guard organiza
tions have been ordered here and will
arrive here by tomorrow, fully equip
ped for an indefinite stay. Three
hundred, and fifty troops here have
gone into permanent camp. Company
cooks are arriving on every train. A
commissary and supply department
for the entire camp has been organ
ized and the issuing of subsistance
began last night.
j Conferences between the military,
officials, union leaders and citizens
have been held, but the nature of
these conferences could not be learner,
as all of those concerned are silent.
No information concerning the ar
rival of strike-breakers is available
I here, local railroad officials assert
ing that they have not been advised
as to the probable arrival of tie next
consignment.
: IL L. Arnold, the mayor of Mc-
Comb City, and also general foreman
of the car building department of
the railroad shops here, climbed into
■a barber’s chair this afternoon to get
’shaved. After fully latehering the
j mayor’s face, the barber, who is a un
iion man, was told who his customer
; was. He wiped the lather off with a
i towel and refused to provide the shave
The mayor acepted the situation as a
good joke and departed.
The remaining organizations, com
posing the second regiment of the
Mississippi national guard, were or-
I
dered yesterday to hold themselves in
readiness to respond to orders to join
the troops.
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PARACHUTE DIDN’T OPEN;
BRODIE FELL 700 FEET
High Diver Dashed to Death at the
South Georgia Exposition.
Tifton, Ga., Oct. 6—While engaged
in a balloon race at tlie South Geor
gia exposition here yesterday after
noon. ('-pt. John Brodie fell 700 feet
i rom Ids balloon and was instantly
killed. Piof. Brodie had just finished
a high diving act and Prof. Gowdy
an aeronaut, was preparing to ascend
when Brodie volunteered to take an
other balloon and race Both ascend
ed perfectly a few yards apart for a
distance of 800 to 1,000, wh.en the
signal so rthem to cut loose was fired.
Brodie dropped slightly in advance
of his fellow, but in some unknown
manner his parachute failed to fill and
he plunged to earth like a shot. De
spite Brodie’s fate, which he witness
ed, Gowdey also cut lo ~e and landed
safely nearly a half mile away.
Brodie was unmarried and has a
mother and sister living at Crystal
Lake, Wis.
WARRANTS AGAINST WIFF
WITHDRAWN BY VAUGHN
Woman Who Eloped With Her Hus
bands Brother Sent Out of Griffin.
Griffin, Ga., Oct. 6 —J. C. Vaughn
today withdrew the warrant against
his wife, Mrs. Jessie May Vaughn,
whose sensational elopement writh her
brother-in-law last Saturday night re
sulted in their arrest in Savannah and
return to Griffin. Mrs. Vaughn was
charged with larceny after trust. She
was accompanied to the Union depot
by Sheriff L. D. Hutton and left the
city on the Central of Georgia train
o Atlanta, though her destination
from that city is unknown. Mr.
Vaughn retains charge of his two
children. Grantland E. Vaughn, with
whom Mrs. Vaughn eloped, was un
able to make bond and the several
charges against him will be prosecut
ed.
THE PISTOL LICENSE
IS CONSTITUTIONAL
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6—The supreme
court yesterday held that the law re
quiring a pistol license in Georgia is
constitutional. Many cases have been
brought up from all parts of the
state, raising the constitutional issue,
but only one ease was beard to make
a test. It was argued before the Ap
pellate court, which certified it to the
Supreme court, on the constitutional
issue involved. That court held yes
terday that the law is constitutional.
Justice Atkinson dissented and
Justice Beck was absent on account
of sickness.
O’Neal Gets Twelve Months.
LaGrange, Ga., Oct. 6—Pleading in
sanity in city court Thursday, W. R.
O’Neal, indicted for passing a bad
check on R. E. Hutchinson for S3O in
July, was convicted and sentenced to
twelve months’ imprisonment.
O'Neal had a very spectacular car
eer during his short stay at liberty
in LaGrange, coming h.eTe from Bain
bridge. Ga., ostensibly to start a
laundry. He is alleged to have got
ten into the good graces of a number
of citizens and among other things
got sums of money ranging from $5
to S3O on checks which were turned
down by Atlanta banks on which
they were drawn. Since then O'Neal
has been in the county jail.
GORDON COUNTY FAIR
AT CALHOUN, GA.
The Gordon County Fair and Corn
Show will open at Calhoun, Ga., Tues
day, October 17. 1911, and close Sat
urday night. October 21—Five days
and nights. There will be special fea
tures each day as follows:
Tuesday, Oct. 17 —Children's Day
exercises and baby show.
Wednesday, Oct. 18—County class
singing contests for banner and other
prizes.
Thursday, Oct. 19 —North Georgia
Day. Singing contest open to all
classes in North Georgia. $50,00 in
gold and other prizes to best class.
Handsome prizes to second best class.
Prof. Charles 1). Tillman, the South's
great chorus leader, gospel singer and
evangelist assisted by his daughter
and Prof. Wray, of Waycross, will
conduct the singing on both days and
also take part in the Children’s Day
exercises.
Friday, Oct. 20—Farmers’ Union
Day. under auspices Gordon •County
Union.
Saturday, Oct. 21—Confederate
Veterans’ Reunion, exercises by the
Daughters of the oCnfederacy and ad
dress by one of the South’s ending
orators. Afternoon —Junior Order
United American Mechanics Conven
tion address by promient state offil
cer of the order, closing witth North
Georgia Fiddler's contest.
This will be the biggest and best
fair , ever held in Norh Georgia. The
corn contests, hoys’ corn club con
tests, the district contests in wo
men’s building, Farmers’ Union con
tests, poultry show, live stock, cat
tle and hogs, the dazzling mill way and
hundreds of other features that go to
make up a big fair and exposition
will be seen by the visitor. Every
man. -woman and child in North Geor
gia invited.
Beyond Judge’s Control.
“The court room has its fun as
well as its tragedy,” once observed
William Travers Jerome( according
so Lippincott’s. “Sometimes the
humor is more appreciable to an out
sider than to the principal actors, as
was the ease in a trial I once attend
ed in a New England court, where a
slander case xyas on.
“The principal witness was an im
petuous old Irish woman. She talk
ed so fast that tlie judge was unable
to folloxv her testimony, especially as
it was delivered in the broadest of
brogues. In vain he attempted to
stop her.
“Stop! Stop!” he cried, rapping
sharply on his desk, but th; torrent of
words cons in tied as before. ‘Old wo
man, shut up!’ he shouted in exaspera
tion. But to no avail. The old lady
was determined to have her say. Fin
ally the unhappy judge threw down
his pen and yelled at the lawyer:
“ ‘There, Mr. Murdock, you set her
going, now stop her!”
SHOOIING ~
AUSTRIAN
REICHSRATN<
FOUR SHOTS FIRED AT
MINISTER OF JUSTICE— TH?
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN IS NOW
UNDER ARREST-NO ONE SER
IOUSLY WOUNDED.
Austria, Oct. 6-Four
shots were fired from the gallery in
the lower house of the reicherath
in the direction of the ministerial
benches, where the ministers of j ns .
tice and education were seated. N o
one was seriously injured. The man
who fired the shots was arrested
Dr. Adier, a social democrat, was
I attacking the minister of justice.
Herr Hochenberger today, because of
the severity of the sentence imposed
upon those arrested during the re
cent rioting at meetings in protest
against the high cost of food when
the shooting occurred. Close to Herr
Hochenburger sat the minister of ed
ucation, Count Stuerghh.
Thgre was much excitement. The
I session was abruptly adjourned. It
jis supposed the attack grew out of
■ bitterness engendered against the
.government during the campaign
against the increased cost of living.
A mass meeting of social demo
crats was held on Sunday. Septem
ber 17. and was followed by the de
struction of property and conflicts
| with the police during which three
( persons were killed and nearly 100 '
injured.
The prisoner is a Delmation work
man. He admitted he fired at the
minister of justice.
The session of the house preceding
the shooting bad been turbulent. Tlie
; Czech deputies brought 300 school
[children with their mothers into the
I halls to protest against the closing
■of the Czech schools tn "Vienna. The
j German deputies objected to the pres
ence of the women and the latter re
taliated by* spitting in the faces of
.the deputies.
COL. HUGH WASHINGTON
DIES AT MACON HOME
I Macon. Ga.. Oct. fi—Colonel Hugh
V. Washingh n, one of Macon's most
prominent ci l icon- i( m‘ membci of
■ the local bar. died yesterday at
o’clock, following a stroke of paralys
es which he suffered veserday. He
I.ad been recorder of .'.lacon ami uj
identified with all civic, movements of
i importance and with leading a»oda
tions and organizatons.
His grandfather was a colonel in
thh ■revolutionary war. proci>onary
I governor of South < arolina. Hi
ifather was mayor and postmaster o
‘ Macon. oClonel Washington gradu
ated from the University of Georgia
and also graduated from the la ss
class of that institution.
He leaves a considerable iortW.
Surviving him are a sister, Mrs. »,
ward Bellamy, and a brother. Henry
Washington. The funeral xmII t '
place Friday afternoon from the a
residence on College street.
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More to Come.
Recently in Seattle says
a cigar store appeared the sign.
give sls for 1909 Lincoln
No less a person was at ' ra< tci •
this than Judge Watson. He wa
up to the counter and ~
a penny triumphantly asl" 11
The clerk took the penny.
it closely, asked if it an d
and after several minutes s.-
said he guessed it was good.
“Certainly it is,”
judge. “Where is ■»>' lM
“Where,” said the clerk,
other 1908?”
7” is B EaH'
Forty-six years ago Janie... ■
of Denver, a veteran of 1“ ’
• l coveru
put in a claim against tl e
ment for $2.31, that hem
which his pay check was shor .
.bill was paid the other day-