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VOL. XXXIII—NO. 51.
WHO IS QUALIFIED
TO VOTE IN THE
ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR
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ATT’Y GENERAL FELDER GIVES HIS VIEWS
NO ONE MAY VOTE WHO HAS NOT PAID HIS TAXES SIX MONTHS
PRIOR TO DATE ON WHICH THE SPECIAL ELECION IS TO BE
HELD—OTHER FACTS ABOUT IT.
Attorney General T. S. Felder, the
state’s legal adviser, in a letter to
W. W. Gaines, of Atlanta, tells who
may and who may not vote in the ap
proaching election called to name a
successor to Governor-Senator Hoke
Smith,
Since Mr. Gaines is a registrar of
Fulton county and is charged, under
the law, with purging the voters’ lists
of all persons not qualified t<o vote, he
sought a conference with Attorney
General Felder, and yesterday issued
a statement embodying the results of
that interview.
Attorney General Felder, who, how
ever, “disclaims any authority to ren
der any official opinion to a county
, BOYS’CORN
MN DOWN
IN ATLANTA
A BIG PARADE OF BOY FARM
ERS TO BE PULLED OFF—JUD
SON HARMON OF OHIO TO
SPEAK TO THEM.
There will be a big Southern corn
show in Atlanta at the auditorium
on November 5-8, and “every boy corn
raiser in Whitfield county is urged to
and invited to make a n exhibit.
Whitfield county has gotten thor
k oughly on the map by her boy corn
raisers and if any of them are think
ing of going down The Argus would
be glad to have them come in or send
word who they are, so that provisions
can be made in Atlanta to take care
of them while there. 'Governor Har
mon, of Ohio, will be there to deliver
them an address and there will be a
big parade of boys. It promises to be
a big event for the young farmers of
Georgia.
Representative Henry, of Texas, in
an eloquent and caustic speech in the
House last session, condemned the
American heiress who marries, for the
sake of his title, the nobleman ruined
in health and prospects by dissipa
tion.
Discussing this speech with a re
porter, Mr. Henry said:
“I want to see our bale young girls
marry hale young men. I want to see
them all showing the spirit of a girl
I know in Waco. She was proposed
to by a rich bachelor of fifty. And
she refused him. Afterwards, talk
ing over the turn-down with a mutual
friend, she said:
.‘Yes, I refused him. He has, you
know, a past. He has a dreadful
past. ’
“ ‘Oh, but,’ said the mutual friend,
‘a man can always blot out his past.’
“ ‘Yes, that may be,’ replied this
splendid Waco girl, ‘but he shan’t
use me so" a blotter.’ ”
A Daily Change.
There will be a daily change of pic
tures at The Marion. This afternoon
the children will be admitted free.
THE DALTON ARGUS.
’registrar on the subject,” decides and
announces as follows:
“First. No one may vote whose
taxes whose taxes have not been paid
six months prior to the date on which
! the special election is held.
“Second. Any person who has
paid his taxes as stated above and
who has not previously registered,
may do so within five days after the
call for the special election.
! “Third. Payment of 3911 taxes is
not required to make one eligible to
vote at the special election.”
It is also stated that the citizen who
is qualified to vote in the state elec
tion may also vote in the special pri
mary election of December 7.
FAMOUS BIRDMAN WILL
FLY AT ROME, GA.
Beckwith Havens to Fly at Rome Driv
ing Park Nov. 25th.
A great aviation meet will be held
"in Rome on Saturday, Nov, 25th. At
that lune BecYcwif? i 5 Hnvv! mu- in -j
the most noted of the Curtiss School
of Aviators, will come to the Rome
Driving Park to give a demonstration
of what up-to-the-minute birdmen
have done towards complete conquest
of the air, and to entertain thousands
of spectators with exhibitions of fan
cy flying and death-defying feats in
the air. Mr. Beckwith was the hero
of the big Boston meet, and is con
sidered second only to the great Bea
chey himself. At the Boston meet
Havens won the hearts of all and was
unhesitatingly crowned the king of
the air. O the last day of the meet
at Boston, Havens went up in a gale
of wind and made a sensatioal flight
to the Boston light, establishing a new
record for speed in n biplane.
Interest in the Rome meet will un
doubtedly center in the altitude flight
and the bomb dropping exhibition-,
and should the air conditions be right
it is expected that some new records
will be established. Arrangements
are being made to have Co. E. of the
Georgia National Guards take part in
a sham battle. Many other attractive
features will be introduced, includ
ing the aerial mail delivery.
The meet will be held as a benefit
for the Rome Concert band, who will
furnish music at the exhibition.
Prices have been placed within the
reach of all. 50 cents will be charged
for admission to the grounds with an
additional charge of 25 cents for the
grand stand.
Politics Killed Him.
. .A olitician who was making a house
to-house canvas, according to Tit-Bits,
came to a farm house, when he ob
served an elderly woman standing
at the gate, and the candidate grace
fully lifted his hat and politely asked:
“No doubt, my dear madam, your
husband is at home?”
“Yes,” responded the woman.
“Might I have the pleasure of see
ing him?” inquired the politician.
“He’s down in the pasture a-bury
ing the dog,” was the reply from the
individual at the gate.
“I am very sorry, indeed, to learn
of the death of your dog,” came in
sympathetic tone from the candidate.
“What killed him?”
“He wore hisself out a-barkin’ at
the candidates.” said the woman.
LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
DALTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16. 1911
WIRE BRIEFS
CAUGHT AND
CONDENSED
ITEMS FROM TELEGRAPHIC
MESSAGES CAUGHT.
AND SERVED FOR HASTY READING
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What the World at Large is Doing—
The Busy Marts and Avenues of
Trade and Politics.
Hoarded gold of the late Dowager
Empress of China may have to lx* us
ed in the present war.
Army aviators will leave Washing
ton on November 27 for Augusta,
where the winter camp will be estab
lished before December 1.
International Harvester Co. is oust
ed from Missouri and a fine of $50,-
000 is imposed.
Chicago packers plan coup, giving
themselves up to authorities and then
to escape immediate trial obtain /i
writ of habeas and obtaip their
release on technicalities .that the Sher
man anti-irust law ip uhcon’stitLtion-'
al- • \
Long and short haul case is decided
by the commerce court.
New England robber who terrorized
many people for months became un
nerved on the witness stand when on
trial for murder, breaks down and
sobbs violently.
Chicago policeman admits that he
gave the Lorimer side information
that had been obtained by the state
while he was detailed in the state at
torney’s office.
Richeson, the Massechusetts prea
cher accused of murder, asks his con
gregation to again accept his resigna
tion.
United States troopers are to wear
sweaters in the future instead of the
long coats.
Former Honduran official comes to
the United States to oppose the loan
of $10,000,000 proposed by Secretary
Knox through Morgan.
Secretary of War Stimson tells of
the difficulties in opening the Panama
canal at the Kansas City Commercial
club.
Champ Clark complains that his
torians of the present day have elim
inated much of the western history
in their writings.
President Taft held a long meeting
with his cabinet and decided to make
the trust law an important part of his
message.
Nine farmers of Kansas are placed
on trial on charge of tarring a school
teacher.
Tyr Dout—l am unfortunate mum.
I had to quit my profession on ac
count of my health.
Lady—But you look rugged. What
was your profession?
Tyre Dout —Dat’s just it. I was too
nigged. I wuz a ventriloquist an’ a
good one. lady, an’ my voice got so
strong I couldn’t throw it.—Harper’s
Bazaar.
1. BROCK
BADLY SHOT
LAST NIGHT
PRESIDENT OF CHATTANOOGA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
FIRED UPON DY UNKNOWN PARTY
Was On His Way Home in Machine
Which Ran Over a Dog—This Sup
posed To Be the Cause of the At
tempt at Life of Mr. W. E. Brock.
One person shot four times with a
shotgun or four persons fired once
each last night at W. E. Brock, the
well-known manufacturer, as he was
en route to his home on Mission ridge
and that he was not killed was no
fault of the perso nor persons doing
the shooting.
It was an evident assault with in
tent to kill, although there was no
more serious cause for the shooting
than the fact that Mr. Brock’s chauf
feur accidentally ran over a worth
less hound dog as the machine was
making the turn up the ridge just east
of Dodd.’s avenue,
/-JVhe;i-feet's regarding the contem
pt ible ami assault hecany
W night yitre Was a wave
indignation ad vjgorK.s prosecution
wiHbe ulle'sallvdeimtiffied *
ever definitely learned who were the
guilty parties.
Mr. Brock received no less than
twenty of the shot in his body. Sev
enteen of them lodged in his back,
two in his forearm and some number
in the back of his head. An hour or
two subsequent to the assault and af
ter many of the missils had been ex
tracted from his body, Mr. Brock
surprised his friends at The Times
office by calling up from his home
and relating the particulars of the
affair. He said he was not seriously
hurt and was suffering no inconven
ience, except an uncomfortable sting
ing in his back where the shot had
taken effect.
Mr. Brock was on his way home to
supper, at about the hour of 6:30,
w’hen the assault was committed. He
was riding in his machine beside his
chauffeur. After they had crossed
Dodd avenue the machine passed four
men of whom no particular note was
taken. Within a few yards the heavy
grade up the ridge was encountered
and the chauffeur changed the ma
chine to slow speed, as all autoists do
at that point. As the machine round
ed the curve near the tunnel a dog
ran in front of the car, and despite
efforts of the chauffeur to miss the
aimal, the rear wheel on the left side
caught it. A howl of pain by the
canine was the signal for the volley
from some number of shotguns. Four
distinct shots were fired and the op
inion of persons who examined the
machine was that each of the shots
was fired from a double-barreled gun
and that both barrels were turned
loose by each of the shooters.
Mr. Brock, sitting on the left, re
ceived the full effect of The missils
insofar as they reached any person,
the chauffeur escaping untouched be
cause he was sitting out of range. No
less than fifty holes were made in
Mr. Brock’s overcoat, of which sev
enteen found their way through his
clothing and pierced the skin. The
wind shield was riddled, all the glass
being shot from the brass framework.
The rear of the machine was filled
with shot. The impression was that
no less than 200 embedded them
selves in this portion of the machine.
Dr. J. W. Johnson was called at
WEALTHY FARMERS
TO BE TRIED FOR
TARRING LADY TEACHER
SCENE LAID OUT IN “BLOODY” KANSAS
IT IS ALLEGED THAT JEALOUS WIVES AND SISTERS ARE AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE UGLY AFFAIR—THE CASE PROMISES
TO BE A BITTER ONE AND H OTLY PROSECUTED.
Lincoln Center, Kas., Nov. 15 —
Preliminary to the calling of the crim
inal cases against nine wealthy farm
ers for tarring and feathering Miss
Mary Chamberlain, 19 years old, a
school teacher of Shady Bend, Judge
Grover, in the district court yester
day quashed indictments against three
of the defendants. The court held
that the informations of which the
men were arrested were technically
illegal.
Before the three defendants, Ev
erett G. Clark, J. Fitzwater and Wat
son Scranton could leave the court
room they were rearrested on new in
formation furnished by the county
attorney and their hearing will be re
sumed tomorrow.
Then application will be made for
a change of venue on the ground that
a fair trial cannot be had for the ac
cused men in Lincoln, Ottawa, Ells
worth or Saline counties,
HORSE SWAPPERS CONVEX 'XON
Three Days To Be ; Devoted to Trad
ing in 'Live Stock.
Beginning with tomorrow there will
be a three days horse swapping con
vention here in Dalton.
It is expected to bring quite a num
ber of the boys with mules and horses
to the city who expect to out-swap
the other. It is an old saying, and
probably a rule, that all is fair in love
and a horse swap. David Harum, the
hero of the novel of that name, said
among other good things that he “be
lieved in keeping his tugs tight,” and
also that he never believed in “cuss
ing” except when it was necessary.
David was a good horse trader as
well as country banker. Anyhow the
boys are expected to be here in big
numbers and there will be some dan
dy swapping material. It is hoped
that Jack MeKnight will have John
Logan, of Calhoun, up here as his
guest for John is some swapper him
self.
once and he succeeded in relieving
practically all pain and in extracting
the missiles. After the treatment Mr.
Brock was able to be up, and he will
doubtless be at his office today as us
ual.
Prompt notice was given the au
thorities at the jail and police sta
tion and officers were rushed to the
scene. By the time they could make
the trip to the foot of the ridge, a
distance of three miles from the city,
there was no trace of the miscreants.
However, a thorough search was
instituted and the entire territory
near the scene of the shooting was
gone over ad a watch set in order to
locate any person who could be sus
pected of being one of the guilty
parties. Opinion was unanimous '
with citizens and officials that this
was one of the greatest outrages ever j
committed in' the community. It
was an evident purpose to take the ■
life of whoever happened to be in the ,
machine merely because a worthless
cur had been struck by the wheel of
an automobile, and that after effort
had been made to avoid injuring it.
In fact the dog was not injured. Had
it been killed nobody would have been
the loser.
JI
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
an organized movement which has
characterized the tarring as a “stain
upon Kansas.”
Miss Chamberlain, while driving at
night on August 12, with an escort,
was taken from the vehicle by armed
men near Shady Bend. She was car
ried to a nearby field, where her cloth
ing was torn from her. The leaders
commanded her to leave the county.
Hot pitch was poured over her body,
The assault is alleged to have been
suggested by the wives and sisters of
Shady Bend, who, according to Miss
Chamberlain, were “jealous” of her
! popularity with the young meh of the
; village.”
Following an investigation .by Coun
'ty Attorney McCaneles, in which it
, was proved that Miss Chamberlain
\ was of good reputation and the as
' sault was unjustified', subscriptions
! were started by her friends to prose
cute the alleged members of the mob.
M SHULTES ■
DIED NOON
YESTERDAY
, j ■■ I —.
WAS A WELL KNOWN CHRIS
TIAN WOMAN OF THIS COUN
TY-FUNERAL THIS AFTER
NOON AT GROVE LEVEL.
Mrs. A. Shultes, relict of the late
Mr. Adam Shultes, died at her home
just north of Dalton Tuesday at
■ noon.
Mrs. Shultes has been ill for some
time. With her late husband and
family she came here from Kalama
zoo, Michigan a number of years ago.
The family is well and most favor
, ably known all over this section and
have a great many friends who will
regret exceedingly the death of Mrs.
- Shultes. She was a consistent mem
i her of the Grove Level Baptist church
and her funeral will be held from that
church. The services were conduct
ed at one o’clock. Rev. C. C. Maples
conducting them. Mrs. Shultz leaves
two sons, who are Messrs. Alex and J.
L. Shultes and one daughter, Mrs.
Will Watts. The friends of the
family attended in large numbers and
j the whole county extends sympathy
to the surviving members of the fam
ily.
Mrs. Homer Ashbaugh, of Atlanta,
is the guest of her parents, Mr. and
1 Mrs. T. P. Freeman.
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Employer—See here! Do you Chink
you know more about this business
than I do?
New Office-boy—No, sir! Honest!
I ain’t no magazine writer. —Puck.
1
“Does your boy Josh stand at the
head of his class?”
“No,” replied Farmer Corntassel,
“but he could if he wanted to. If.,
Josh took it into his head to stand at
the head of his class or anywhere else
it’d take a whole football team to
pry him loose.”—'Washington Star.