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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. -■ “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. * - 0 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.” ■ - > - 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