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Do Your Banking Business
With An Old Established Bank. 22 Years’ Experience
Our strong position has enabled
us to safely weather the storm
of two panics. Ihe service ren=
dered our patrons in the last
panic will long be pleasantly re=
membered by them.
OUR DEPOSITS NOW ARE A
LITTLE OVER - _ $400,000
As a reserve against this we are
now carrying in cash in our
vaults and deposited in other
strong banks about- $150,000
The First National Bank
Dalton = Georgia
HOW A
VISITOR
SAW THINGS
AT THE CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE SMOKER LAST NIGHT
KNOWS SOME THINGS HIMSELF
Every Section is Willing to Help the
Good Work Now Under Way By
the Local Body—Adds Words of
Encouragement.
(From The Daily Argus, Nov. 23)
Mr. Frank T. Reynolds, Secretary,
Chamber of Commerce, Dalton, Ga.
Dear Sir: —In my hasty retreat
from the banquet hall to catch the
train, I failed to mention the fact that
I desired to be counted on as a
“booster,” and to assure the Presi
dent and the gentlemen, that insofar
as it lies in my power and influence,
I shall be one to aid in the promotion
of the Iterurban project, and if pos
sible help to create an interest in the
development of the resources of this
community, and of the county. I hope
that the time has arrived when we
may all have a part i nthe upbuilding
of each other’s interest, and thereby
helping ourselves. Get away from
selfishness and see that by helping our
fellows we are reaping the reward our
selves. The reward of having done
something else besides make a gain
financially for ourselves as individuals.
I am willing to give of my labor when
necessary, to the aid of the Chamber
of Commerce of Dalton. I wish we
had one body of this sort in our little
town. I take a good deal of pride in
the fact that in their visit over our
line, as a body of “Boosters,” I was
recognized as one, by the Chattanoo
ga Boosters, and in the visit of the
Nashville Boosters I was elected an
honorary member of that body, and
joined them from here for several
miles down the road.
In my opinion, we have a good field
to work in, from Chattanooga on down
through Catoosa and Whitfield, over
into Murray county, and judging from
the way the farmers are trucking in
the section north of us, there is great
hope of the natural resources. It
will therefore, be an investment for
the promoters of such a railway, that
will mea ndividends. It would also
be such a boon to the people who
would patronize it, that I believe the
same experience would come to those
iterested that I have seen come to
other communities. The opening up
of greater farming lands, and other
industries. The people now owning
property would see the values jump
up to untold figures. Then, there is
the social feature. It would bring
those people out of the city into the
cool breezes of the country, and more
homes would be the result. As it has
been in another section I have in mind
so would it be in this.
I wish to assure you of my hearty
cooperation, and at the same time,
solicit the support of your honorable
body in assisting our particular sec
tion. I hope to be in touch with you
and get the benefits of some of your
plans, in the advertisement of out
section.
I desire to express my appreciation
of the courtesies of this evening, and
to thank you for the invitation to be
present at a very enjoyable affair, for
I have certainly enjoyed myself.
Yours very truly,
CHARLIE W. FOSTER.
DALTON IS BUILDING
A new bank.
j A large wholesale grocery house.
I Two big new store and office build
| ings.
DALTON WANTS:
A steam laundry.
A box factory.
A first class theatre,
A brick plant.
More cotton mills,
A nail factory,
Manufacturers of farming imple
ments.
A paint works.
Factories of every kind.
Automobile factory,
Drain tile factory,
Clothing manufacturers,
Wagon and buggy factory,
Fertilizer factory,
Canning, preserve and pickle plant.
Farmers to cultivate the lands in
her vicinit yand make the fertile
fields produce their wealth. You can
buy land cheap now; in a few years
you will make on the investment.
Dalton wants YOU, regardless of
your politics anti religion, if you will
boost and work.
Dalton is called the model city of
North Georgia.
Dalton can offer you anything that
the largest city can offer.
GEORGIA TAX RETURNS
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 12 —Tax re
turns from every county in Georgia,
received at the office of William A.
Wright, comptroller general, show a
total assessed value of $080,850,117
for 1911, as against $642,550,122 for
1910. This is an increase of $38,299,-
995. The total tax at 5 mills will net
the state $3,404,250.58, an increase
of $191,498.97. These returns do not
include the assessments on railroads
street railways, telephones, telegraph,
electric light and other public ser
vice corporations, which will show
about $130,000,000, being an in
crease of about $6,000,000 over 1910.
These assessments are not completed
by General Wright. These corpora
tions will net the state about $650,-
000, making the total revenue thru
property assessments about $4,000,-
000 for the vear.
OCOEE POWER COMPANY
PRICES FOR DAETON
MEANS A GREAT ADVANTAGE
FOR THOSE WHO USE POWER
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
WRITES CHAMBER COMMERCE
What Consumers May Expect Short
ly After the First of Next January
—lnformation. Secured First Hand
By the Secretary.
(From The Daily Argus, Nov. 23)
Mr. F. T. Reynolds,
Sec. Chamber of Commerce, Dal
ton, Ga.
Dear Sir: —I have your letter of
the 18th inst. with reference to ques
tion of rates quoted by our Company.
You will readily understand that
the rates quoted depend upon a vari
ety of conditions. In general, how
ever, we quote a rate for twelve hours
power without restrictions as to load
factor, demand or use, as follows:
The first 50 IT. P. demand at $30.00
per H. P. per year.
The next 50 H. P. demand at $22.50
per H. P. per year.
The next 50 IT. P. demand at $25.00
per IT. P. per year.
The next 50 IT. P. demand at 222.50
per 11. P. per year.
AH over 200 H. P. demand at $20.00
per H. P. per year.
For large consumers we quote spe
cial rates based on the consumption,
and also on the maximum demand for
the period of five minutes, depending
on the load factor and the hours used.
We also quote, proportionately, a
considerable cheaper rate for twenty
four hour power than for twelve hour
Oldest Machine Shop
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For the best Portable Traction and Skid Engine ,
on the market, also Repair Work, Mill and
Machine Supplies call on :
FINLEY & SON, Dalton, Ga.
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power. For the smaller consumer we
quote rates based on IT. P. connected
and on consumption, which runs from ■
about 5c down. We would be pleased !
to go into details with any prosper- [
tive power purchasers, or whenever I
you obtain sufficient data from them i
we will be glad to take the price up
through you.
We are glad to hear that you are ;
going to Chicago in the interest of the ’
I Chamber of Commerce and will be
glad to assist you any wav we can.
Very truly yours,
Eastern Tenessee Power Co. i
J. A. Cunningham, Gen. Sup*.
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Agriculture.
I Dalton is surrounded by rich farm- i
! ing lands and is the market for sev- 1
eral counties. Corn, wheat, oats, cot-
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ton, hay, cane, potatoes, etc., which ,
■ may be termed general farm products,
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are raised here in abundance, while
i truck gardeners harvest abundant
crops of tomatoes, beans, okra, cab
bage, turnips, peas, squashes, aspara
gus, lettuce, “goobers,” etc., while in
i season the juicy watermelon, canta
; loupes, strawberries, apples, peaches,
plums and pears are raised in large
quantities. The resources of this sec
tion are annually exhibited at the
Whitfield Farmers’ Fair, an organi
zation for the encouragement of ag-
- riculture, horticulture, floriculture,
j poultry and live stock interests of
. this and adjacent counties.
Dalton is the principal cotton mar
ket for North Georgia, and anually re
ceives quantities of the fleecy staple,
, which is largely consumed by the
three large factories here.
While land has greatly appreciated
in value within the past few years,
DALTON HEALTHIEST
CITY 111 THE WORLD
Dalton makes a splendid claim for
being the healthiest city in the whole
| world.
That is a rather strong claim but
the challenge is hereby made and the
j claim shall stick until some one comes
up with authentic figures to disprove
it.
The sexton of the Dalton grave yard
I has dug only thirty-nine graves so
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far this year—in the last nine months
. —and says that of the thirty-nine
l buried seventeen were brought here
from other places for interment in
family lots. It will be seen by these
statistics then that only twenty-two
deaths have occurred in Dalton in the
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1 last nine months, or a fraction over
two deaths average per month. There
fore the challenge goes out that Dal
ton is the healthiest place in the
world. The record is one to be proud
of. Mortuary reports of the United
States claim that the lowest record
per thousand is nine, and that record
is from Gilmer county, Georgia, one
county removed from Dalton on the
immediate east. The last item regard
ing the particular place where tie
record is from is quoted from memory.
Thus it will be seen that the D;d‘on
death rate is lower by FIFTY PER
CENT than the healthiest county in
the whole United States. Can a. y
place ON EARTH beat it?
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and is yet advancing in price, it may
I yet be purchased from $5.00 per acre
and upwards, dependent upon its prox
. imity to the city, etc.
Lands may be classified as follows:
, Dark loamy bottom-land; gray gravel
ly land; dark mulatto land, which
, are respectively adapted for corn, cot
ton and wheat, as well as alfalfa, clo
, ver and various grasses.