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DRUNKEN
WHITE MOB
KILLS NEGRO
an inoffensive old cob
bler MEETS UNTIMELY
DEATH.
FACTS HOE BEEN KEPT A SECRtT
Little By Little One Incident After
Another Came to Light—A Sensa
tion May Be Sprung in Dooly
County.
Vienna, Ga., Oct. 12—Efforts have
been made to suppress the killing of
an aged negro cobbler and the beat
ing of several other negroes by a
mob here Saturday night.
Little by little the facts have leak
ed out, and according to current re
port are to the effect that a number
of masked men entered the G. S. and
F. depot in the early part of the night
presumably in a drunken condition,
and with drawn pistols, severely beat
several negroes, one of the men shoot- ,
ing an old negro cobbler as he jumped
through a window of the depot to '
escape. The old negro was shot thru
the kidneys and died Sunday after
noon as a result of the wound. ,
The provocation of such action of
the masked mob, if there was provo- i
cation at all, has not been ascertained.
It is understood that the names of
practically all who took part in the ,
affair have been learned, and that :
most of them are connected with pro- .
minent families of Vienna.
\ As yet no arrests have” been made.
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“Doctor,” do you think it will be
necessary for me to have an opera
tion?”
“Oh, I hardly think so,” he re
plied.
“There, I told my husband that it
wouldn’t be any use coining to you.
My next door neighbor has a doctor
vho has prescribed three operations
for her during the past year.”—Chi
fago Record-Herald.
NIRS. ARMOUR
STUMP STATE
POPE BROWN
THE NOTED WOMAN’S TEMPER- I'
ANCE UNION ORATOR WILL i
GO BEFORE THE PEOPLE IN i'
HER CAUSE.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 12—“ I am go
ing to stump Georgia for Pope Brown
from mountains to sea and by the
time I get through with ‘Plain Dick’
Russell, he’ll be plainer than ever,”
said Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, noted
.emperanee speaker today.
“I want you to challenge Judge
Russell to meet me in as many joint
debates as he sees fit. The more the
better,” she continued, “and he
needn’t expect me to ask him for
quarter, because I am a woman and
by the grace of God, I won’t give him
a bit.”
Mrs. Armor is in attendance at the
29th convention of the Georgia W. C.
T. U. in session here and is proving
a big drawing card for them.
Rector —But don’t you girls think
you ought to do something for the
heathens ?
Fanny Fluffy—Goodness, rector,
we can’t take them out autoing, and
they wouldn’t appreciate fudge, any-
JIM NEVIN
CONFIDENT
I FORJSSELL
thinks his candidate will
BE A DEAD SURE WINNER
CLAIMS TO HAVE FACTS ON
WHICH TO BASE HIS CLAIMS.
Manager Nevin bases his certainty
on victory on what he terms his con
crete knowledge of the situation, bas
ed upon information received at first
hand from personal interviews with
hundreds of people and a heavy mail
from every county in Georgia. Nev
er a day passes, he says, that he does
not learn of several new influences
that are supporting Judge Russell.
He finds that hundreds of men who
have formerly aligned themselves
themselves with Ex-Governor Brown
are now supporting Judge Russell,
while equally as many supporters of
Governor Smith are also lined up be
hind the judge, because he stands for
the progressive legislation of Hoke
Smith.
“I entertain no theory about this
campaign” he says, “I am relying
on facts. Fine spun logic listens well
but it doesn’t win elections. Howev
er, I may say that Judge Russell’s
straightforward declaration for local
option has met with general approval
from the thousands upon thousands
of Georgians who believe in individu
al liberty and local self-government.
Then, too, the reports I am getting
from Judge Russell’s meetings con
firm what lam told by others. He
himself is delighted with the manner
in which the people of Georgia are
receiving him,”
SUEING THE CITY.
A Case in the Superior Court Result
ing From Alleged Damages Caused
by City Improvements.
J. A. Humphreys, J. R. Phillips
and Miss Belle McFarland, are sueing
the city of Dalton in this term of
Whitfield Superior court.
The allegation is set up that a ditch
was left open on Hamilton street near
the Cherokee Manufacturing company
without the proper safe-guard against
traffic. The city claims that there
were red lights at night to warn trav
elers. It is understood that the
plaintiffs admit that there was one
red light on either side of the streeF
and that they thought these lights
were in the zone of danger and so
drove in the middle of the lights and
were hurt and therefore sue for da
mages. The case is being fought out
this week.
GEORGIA PEACH TREES
ARE IN FULL BLOOM
Finest Growers Say Crop Will Be
Short if Warm Weather Continues.
Macon, Ga.. Oct. 16—With whole
orchards in full bloom, fruit growers
in southern Georgia are beginning to
worry over the outlook for the 1912
peach crop. Old orchardists declare
it is the first time in their experience
that so many trees are in blossom
at this ime of year. Next year’s
crop will be seriously curtailed it is
said, if* cool weather is much longer
delayed.
Putting on. the Reverse English.
“The martinet never succeeds. A
typical martinet was the well known
one who, having ordered his men to
change their shirts, and then having
learned that they had no shirt to
change, said that in that event they
mus change shirt with each other. I
heard yesterday of another typical
martinet.”
The committee o fthe chamber of
commerce to get up a charter is busy
at work. 'll
THE DALTON ARGUS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1911.
C HATTANOOA SENT A
SPECIAL CAR TO FAIR
PRESIDENT BROCK INVITES ALL TO GO ON A SPECIAL TRAIN
MADE UP OF LUXURIOUS PULLMANS—A RARE CHANCE IS
OPEN FOR A MOST DELIGHT FUL TRIP.
The following invitation has been
extended the people of Dalton and
this section through The Argus edi
tor, by President W. E. Brock, of the
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.
The state fair is a Georgia institu
tion and this year far surpasses any
thing ever attempted. All who care
or intend going please let the Argus
know by noon Monday. Here is Mr.
Brock’s invitation.
Chattanooga, Oct. 12, 1911.
Mr. Frank T. Reynolds, Dalton, Ga.
Dear Sir: —The Chamber of Com
merce will take a party of Boosters
to the Georgia State Fair at Macon
for Chattanooga Day, the 17#h inst.
We will leave here on a special train
of Pullmans and dining car at 8:00 a.
•m. of the 16th, stopping in Atlanta
for three hours and arriving in Ma-
A SCHOOL BUILDING
TO BL PROUD Os
Every citizen of Dalton who has I
the least pride for his home town will ;
be justly proud of the new school ,
building now nearing completion on
College Hill between the two old
buildings that have done yoeman ser
vice for the many years past.
The new building will supplant the
old brick which rears its head just
south of it. This old building was
built by the city of Dalton and its
contractor was D. J. Oxford and it
opened in the year 1872, rather
in the fall. The first session was
taught for several weeks in the old
Trevitt’s hall, which stood where the
Harlan & Neal’s store is now. When
the old brick building was completed
the pupils moved over on the hill.
Rev. William C. Wilkes was princi
pal. with Mr. John 11. Bitting, J. D.
Collins and a Mr. Attaway as assis
tants. In that school were Will N.
Harben, a noted novelist now; Robert
Loveman, Dalton's well known poet;
James Gordon Russell, who has been
in congress from Texas and is now a
federal judge; Matt Henry, who has
been a judge on the Rome circuit;
Hon. Robert Broyles, of Atlanta;
Steve Maddox, a promient railroad
attorney out in Texas; Judge Horace
M. Cate, once chairman of the Texas
democratic convention and later a
banker; Judge Dawson A. Harris, of
Texas; Charles S. Pruden, general
agent for the Central railroad; Milton
Orr, prominent broker in New York;
D. E. Lowry, a merchant in Rome;
John A. Farnsworth and Robert E.
Parker, prominent merchants of At
lanta; Mac, Tom and Henry Trotter,
wholesale merchants of Chattanooga,
the late Judge Seth M. Walker, of
Chattanooga; Rev. H. D. Gilbert,
Silvester D, Nailon, a farmer; Joe
T. Melntyre, and we could multiply
the promient ones on ad flnit uni with
out including the editor of the Argus.
The new building is composed of
fiften rooms, large and small, in its
roomy two stories.
Besides the main front entrance
there are two others, one on the south
and one on the north end. There are
five large class rooms on each floor
and two smaller rooms for toilets on
each floor at either end of the build
ing. The class rooms are large, well
lighted and ventilated and the ex
terior views are sublime and have the
atmosphere to make ambitious stu
dents get right down to their class
room knitting. The upper floor has
an extra room of goodly proportions,
evidently for the use of the superin
tendent, which is just over thp main
entrance. The large basement will
hold the heating furnace. The coal
will be stored there in a convenient
quarter. All of the material is on
hand and the work is being pushed
rapidly and it would not be surprising
if it was ready by the first of Decern-
con that evening. We will spend the
17th in Macon and return to Chat
tanooga at 7 a. m. on the 18th. The
tickets will be $6.00 round trip, with
sleeper from $3.00 to $5.00. We ex
pect to take a large number of rep
resentative citizens, their wives and
I daughters, and would like to have you
ijoin our party at Dalton and make the
| trip with us. We would also like to
have you get up a party of Dalton
: people who would like to go, and
‘have them join us and make the trip
together. Our train will stop for you
and I will appreciate it very much if
you will let me know Monday how
many people you can arrange to have
make the trip.
I Thanking you and trusting we may
have the pleasure of your company. I
am Yours very truly,
W. E. BROCK, Pres.
CHINA MAY NOW
BECOME REPUBUC
San Francisco, Oct. 16—With two
million dollars in its treasury and an
equal amount subject to call, 35,000
troops in China and 130,000 reserves
in the United States and Canada and
with a constitution adopted and ad
ministrative officers chosen, the pro
posed Chinese republic will make a
determined effort to overthrow the
Manchu dynasty.
These details w-ere given out here
Sunday by Sun Fo, son of Dr. Sun
Yat Sen, who is to be president if
the revolution is successful. Years
have been consumed in preparation,
according to Sun Fo.
Cable advices received by the revo
lutionists here during the past several
hours indicate that the provinces of
Hunan, Honan, Hu Peh, Kiang Su,
Mg An Whi and Sze Chuan are in the
hands of the rebels, and that Quong
Tong, the province in which Canton
is situated, is about to be captured.
With the fall of Canton it was pre
dicted today by Sun Fo, 4,000 Chinesce
including many wealthy merchants
and officials of the new republic, will
immediately leave here for China.
Twenty thousand troops are march
ing from Pekin to meet the revolution
ary forces and an engagement is ex
pected within a short time in Sunan
province.
In a three-story brick building in
the heart of San Francisco China
town, is the treasury of the new re
public.
Already two million in bills of the
new republic have disposed of. The
bills are inscribed in English on one
sid and resemble gold certificates.
Gold is the standard of exchange.
Pekin. Oct. 15 —The Chinese govern
ment has placed severe restrictions on
the telegraph lines, evidently to pre
vent communication between the re
bels. The elegraph administration re
fuses to transmit messages either to
or from the provinces of Hu Peh, Hu
Nan, Kiang Su, Sze Chuan, Kwei
Chow and Yunan. On this account
Hankow, where the revolution is at
its height, is cut off.-
Have you looked over the House
keeper’s Market Page. This will be
a regular feature every Friday and
the advertisers will have something
special to offer.
ber. The rou£, t . „~g down
stairs is done and much of the upper
floor. The cornice is being put on
and in a few more days it will assume
an almost completed appearance. The
picture of how the building will look
is herewith shown in this issue of the
Argus. It is understood that the old
brick building may be converted into
an auditorium and perhaps a gymna
sium be installed on the lower floor
of it.
Two Freak Eggs.
A hen belonging to the flock of
Manon Quarles, who lives out two
miles east of Dalton, has laid two
freak eggs.
The Argus poultry and provision
editor, while out foraging for news
and grub this morning, finding his
friend, Mr. George Stafford, with a
suspicious looking paper bag, accost
ed him with the usual Saturday query,
“What yer got in the bag?”
It proved to be two eggs of the or
dinary size, but a little bit heavier
than the market usually affords in
weight. They had the appearance of
having been cast of plaster of paris.
The shells were rough, very much
like the skin of a lemon. Mr. Staf
ford took them over to she fair and
presenteed them as oddities.
For a long while we have been hear
ing about “The Atlanta spirit,”
which does things. We have taken
pains to note who it is that is always
making this reference and we have
invariably found it coming from the
fellow who never does anything
himself and is the identical “cuss”
who kicks at everything anybody
else does. Next time you hear this
fellow’ spouting off about Atlanta’s
spirit ask hi mto. show you what he
has done to build up his own town.
What has he done in a public spirit
ed way to put his own town on the
map? How much money has he put
in tc upbuild the community from
which he gets his living? How. much
time has he expended in doing some
thing for which he has not been hand
ed or promised cash? We venture
these questions will put a quietus on
his gabbling for a while, at least.
LOCAL OPTION WINS
OVER IN NASHVILLE
Nashville, Tenn., October 13—Indi
cations at midnight were that Mayor
Hilary Howse and the entire straight
democratic ticket were elected here
tofay with majorities ranging from
1.000 to 1,500.
More than 18,000 voters registered
and of this nufber 13.404 cast their
ballots in today’s election. Tre heavy
vote made the counting slow, but at
midnight fourteen wards mere com
pleted, with Howse about 1.000 in t'ht
lead. Judging from previous results
in the wards where the counting is
stil incomplete, the Hawse majority
will probably be increased several hun
dred by the missing wards.
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Mayor Howse was opposed by Dr.
Gillespie, who was supported by the
Law Enforcement League.
Members of the First Presbyterian
church turned out en masse yesterday
to extend a welcome to Dr. Hugh K.
Walker, of Los Angeles, Cal., who has
been tendered the pastorate to suc
ceed Rev. Walter L. Lingle. Dr. Wal
ker preached at both the morning and
evening services and started on his re
turn home Sunday night.
“I have reached no decision,” said
Dr. Walker Sunday in reference to
succeeding Dr. Lingle. “I shall not
decide the matter until after I am
home again.”
In the event that Dr. Walker ac
cepts the call, his decision will be con
firmed by the Presbytery and he will
soon take charge of the church.
At the conclusion of the morning
service, members of the congregation
crowded around Dr. Walker and ex
pressed their pleasure at having him
with them. Great cordiality was
shown him not only by his old friends
here, but by his new acquaintances.
What He Was Practicing.
When a leading citizen of a New
Hampshire town returned thither af
ter a prolonged sojourn abroad, he
made a tour of the place to find out
how all his old friends were “get
ting along,” says Lippincott’s.
At one establishment he found a
youth, the son of an old friend of his
whose father was still paying his of
fice rent.
“Practicing law now, Jim?” asked
the returned one genially.
“No, sir,” replied the youth frank
ly, “I appear to be, but I am really
practicing economy.”
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Now let every one try and see if
the county fair cannot be made big
ger in 1912.
INCENDIARIES'
Al WORK
NEAR DALTON
ATTEMPT TO BURN FATE 8188
OP’S STORE WEDNESDAY
EIGHT.
HARRY BISHOP FORTUNATELY ffl[
”” ■
A Quantity of Inflammable Material
Placed Behind te Building and Fire
Started—No Damage Done.
There was an attempt at incendi
arism in East Dalton last night.
At about nine thirty several neigh- '
bors living close to the stores "of
Buchanain Tarver and Bishop dis
covered a fire in the rear and on the
outside of Bishop's store. Fortun
ately Harry Bishop, who was going
home from town, saw the blaze and
ran hastily to it and succeeded in
scattering the burning debris and thus
•aved the catching of his father's
store.
From information received bv The
Argus reporter, it seems that some
one or ones had placed a quantity of
excelsior and empty dry goods boxes
behind the store and waited until all
of the merchants had closed and gone
home for the night and took this ad
vantage to attempt a fire and if Ham-
Bishop had not been in close neigh
borhood and kicked out the inflam
mable material as soon as he did, that
whole section might have gone down
in flames. The stores are quite close J
over there and all of them frame |
structures and if they had taken fire
it would have no doubt communicat
ed itself to the homes and cottages j
near by.
The alarm was sent in by Harry . s
Bishop and the department quickly
responded, but the fire was out he
fore they’ got there. It is hoped the |
fire bugs will be apprehended and
made to suffer for the attempt at
such dastardly crimes.
MASTER EARLE
WOOD TAKEN
TO MEH,
ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PAR
ENTS THE LITTLE SUFFERER
WAS TAKEN LAST NIGHT TO
HAVE X-RAY EXAMINATION.
The condition of Master Eai- j
Wood, who was so badly injured las .
Saturday night in a bicycle aeeiden
became so alarming yesteiD) |
his father, Dr. W. E. Wood,
e,l to take him to the Pied™” 1 *
itarium in Atlanta and
placed under an X-ray niadnae
examination. ~
Dr. and Mrs. Wood and .
ton, the trained nurse, left *'*
little fellow last night and today
Argus learns that s - vtn T lf< ' nls °
ingitis have developed. , Jt
however, that with can ■
and the attention that will be
ly given him down there he *
cover in a reasonably short tun
Later. _
A special has been 1 11 j.
Argus that examination '■ l ‘ l
rav disclosed a fracture n
and Dr. and Mrs. Wood left earb t
morning for Johns Ilepl-i 1 •
more.
Earle Wood Still II
A telegram was receipt
Wood, enroute to Balloon
Earle’s fever was lower.
have a brain specialist esa
and if no hope is held
be taken to New A oik. , ne j fro®
and Miss Ivanora have ret”’ ,
Atlanta. '1