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I THE ELKS
I Had a Good Meeting Last Night.
UiFroin The Daily Argus, Dec. 16.)
a number of those who will
H> ;: the new Dalton Elk Lodge met
K; st night in the assembly room of
■e chamber of commerce, despite the
BpwnpouT of rain.
M\ committee was appointed to look
Kit for a home. Another committee
■ill get into correspondence with the
Hdge in Chattanooga, which will in-
Eitute tl4 Daltpn lodge, and find out
Khat night this can be done, also to
ermine whether it will be done in
Button or up in Chattanooga.
H There was much enthusiasm at the
Beetmg last night.
Won Many Poultry Awards.
|l Dalton chickens are “roosting
■igh, ” particularly those that have
Bh en sent off to the poultry shows.
n Mr. Frank Weatherly was awarded
Be first and fifth cockerels and the
vriit and second pullets prizes at the
ttthens, Ga., show. He also Avon the
(sweepstake cup. These prizes amount
Bo about forty-five dollars in cash.
Be was also awarded the fourth pul
let prize in Atlanta. The Dalton fan-
Bers are always glad to hear of one
Bit their number walking off with
Brizes and will congratulate Mr.
B’eatherly.
Misjudged.
■ •‘Myrtle,” said her father, accord-
Brz to the Chicago Record-Herald, “I
Bant you to send that* young Smith
■trton about his business. I won’t
Bave him coming around here any
Bore. I don’t like him.”
■ “Why, father! I can't see what
Bou can have against him. He is aw
fully nice, comes from a very fine
■family, doesn’t use tobacco and he
Jftever touches a drop of any kind of
■kjuor. ”
IF“That’s all right. I don’t like
rim. He hasn’t any sense of humor,
md I don’t believe a man who lacks
he sense of humor can ever amount
o much.”
“But he has a sense of hmuor. Af
ter you had gone upstairs last night
le aid you were the funniest thing
>e had ever seen.
They Are Contributing.
Rev. F. K. Sims reports that sev
eral have given from one to five dol
ars in cash to be donated to the poor
and sick. The committee will begin
an active canvass for outgrown clo
thing and there is no doubt but gen
erous, big-hearted Dalton will re
spond liberally.
•(From The Daily Argus, Dec. 16.)
Postponed.
The public school reception that
hfks to have been held yesterday at
The Fort Hill building was postponed
until later on account of the rain.
The County Fair Association meet
ing, which was to have taken place
♦his morning at the court house was
put off until all of the stockholders
could be sent notices.
Rockefeller Deer Race Train.
As the northbound milk train on
the Putnam division of the New York
Central approached Briarcliff Manor,
the other morning, a buck deer and a
fawn broke out of William Rockefel
ler’s game preserve and took to the
track ahead of the locomotive.
The deer raced in single file ahead
of the train for three and a half miles
to Mill wood, where the fawn became
scared at a cattle guard crossing and
leaped oc the track into the woods.
The buck, paying no attention to bell
or whistle, kept up the pace two miles
(further, but stumbled at the Croton
Lake bridge near Kitchawan and was
tun over and killed. The engineer
iad put on the brakes too late.
The dead buck was turned over to
lame Warden Sutton, of Mt. Kisco.
Card of Thanks.
t Mr. Frank Bell, aiderman - elect
Tom the Eighth ward, requests The
Lrgus to extend his cordial thanks
o all of those who voted and worked
to hard for his election last Wednes
lay and to say further that he is
deeply appreciative to all.
DYNAMITING
Subsoiling With That Explosive.
Last week the DuPont Powder Co.
demonstrated subsoiling land with
dynamite on the farm of Rev. C. A.
Beard at Athens, Tennessee. The
demonstration was very successful.
The dynamite was placed to a
depth of three feet and loosened the
soil for a distance of fifteen feet and
the surface soil was only slightly dis
j placed. The dynamite used was 25
per cent, explosive downward and la
ternally.
Citizens from various points of Mc-
Minn county were present to witness
the demonstration and all went home
pronouncing it a success and many
with the determination to'put it into
practice.
Remember the poor. We have them
with us always.
(From Th Daily Argus, Dec. 16.)
Delivered Today From City Plant.
The first electric power delivered
by Dalton’s municipal plant was turn
ed on this morning into the Showalter
plant.
Twenty-two hundred volts is the ca
pacity of the meter and the Showal
ter company will consume about 35
horse power daily in driving its ma
chinery. The municipal plant has a
capacity of tbout two hundred horse
power and will be able to supply many
small plants here provided no one will
demand more than fifty horse power
in one cable. With the coming of the
Eastern Tennessee and the Georgia
power plants Dalton will be the place
to erect hundreds of manufacturies.
INSPECTORS NAB ALLEGED
RAILROAD BANDITS
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 16—Almost on
the spot where the Atlantic Coast
Line passenger train was hed up and
robbed of registered mail valued at
$5,000 at Hardeeville, S. C., last Tues
day morning, George Hill and Henry
Eichorn, white men, were arrested by
postoffice inspectors yesterday after
noon and will be brought to Savannah
and locked in the Chatham county
jail.
The men, one rather tall and the
other shorter and rather heavy built,
had been at Hardeeville for several
weeks proceeding the robbery. They
state they can prove an alibi, and
that their home is in Baltimore.
They have been under suspicion
ever since the day of the robbery
The bandits were described as being,
one tall, the other short and heavy.
The arrests were made in a gro
cery store in Hardeeville, the men be
ing seized by Special Agent G. S.
Gobold, of the Atlantic Coast Line
and Deputy Sheriff L. K. Meldrim,
of Savannah.
Postoffice Inspector R. E. Berry, of
Atlanta, and A. J. Knight, of Savan
nah, who had sworn out warrants for
the men, were in charge of the force
of officers.
The room occupied by the men at
Hardeeville was searched and two
pistols, corresponding to those used
by the bandits, were found. Members
of the crew of the train that was held
up saw the two men and declared they
fill the description of the bandits.
TWO ARE DEAD IN DUEL
WITH SHOTGUNS
25 Feet Apart, Florida Men Pour
Squirrel Shot Into Each Other.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 15 —Standing 25
feet apart, Ulrick Langford and Hen
ry Driggers poured squirrel shot into
each other at Labelle City late yes
terday afternoon, according to a dis
patch received here today. Driggers
expired before he could be removed
from the street and Langford died
a few hours later.
Both men had been drinking and
following a quarrel, decided to shoot it
out. Both secured shot guns, stepped
off the distance and at the word com
menced firing. Driggers was com
petely disboweled, firing the second
shot, which caused Langford’s death,
while lying on the ground. Both men
are prominently connected.
THE DALTON ARGUS DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911.
TEACHERS
To Get Money For Christmas.
Atlanta, Dec. 16—There should be
joy amorig the hard-working and
faithful common school teachers of
the state by the announcement made
today that a possible distribution of
20 per cent of the school fund for
this year, or about $500,000, will be
sent out in time to reach them for
Christmas.
State School Superintendent Brit
tain following a conference with Gov.
Slaton and Treasurer Speer, announc
ed that this money would probf.bly
be available to send out December 21.
Taxes are coming in now in a pretty
steady stream, and as the time for
payment of state and county taxes
expires on December 20, it is believ
ed that ample funds will be on hand
for this 20 per cent payment.
To date only 21 per cent of the ap
propriation has been paid on 1911.
Teachers will be made happy if this
sum can be paid them in time for the
holidays. More definite announce
ment will be made next week.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 16 —At 4 o’clock
yesterday a racing stable full of
horses at the Georgia-Carolina fair
grounds was destroyed by fire. The
loss will reach fully SIO,OOO.
There were twelve horses burned to
death. Eleven of them were the
thoroughbreds of Geo. M. Burke, a
prominent racing man of Williams
port, Pa. Burke left Augusta yester
day for Williamsport to spend the
Christmas holidays with his family.
He had never left the horses before,
except for a few hours at a time.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
Insurance policies cover the loss.
COUNTERFEIT DIMES
Several Thousand Passed on Birming
ham.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 15—Discov
ery was made this morning that coun
terfeit dimes had been dumped on
Ensley, the steel manufacturing por
tion of Birmingham, and an estimate
is made that several thousands of the
coins were distributed. The counter
feit is so clever that merchants who
noticed the numerous coins of the de
nomination were unable a t first glance
to discover they were bogus. Secret
service men are at work.
(From The Daily Argus, Dec. 16.)
The Boy Scouts of Dalton met last
night in regular session at the home
of Mr. Will Sapp, chief scout, and
enjoyed a social evening. A musical
program was participated in by the
members of the organization, after
which they repaired in a body to the
Marion theatre. This is but one of a
series of pleasant evenings arranged
for the boys.
‘ ‘ Is your child in bed by eight every
evening”
“Technically, yes; we begin arguing
about that time.”
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Doctors the world over
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KCL, DRUGGISTS
11-22
KNISHT
Former Dalton Boy Acquitted.
Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 16—John W,
Knight, the cotton broker, was last
night acquitted of the charge of us
ing the United States mails for the
purposes of fraud.
The announcement of the verdict
was attended by dramatic scenes. The
wife of the acquitted man broke down
and wept. Knight was completely
overwhelmed with congratulations by
his numerous friends, who have never
lost confidence in his honesty of pur
pose.
The jury was out seven hours and
forty minutes.
The strain was intense in the court
room during the afternoon, but when
the jury walked off to supper with
out making any kind of report, the
general impression prevailed that a
mistrial would be the outcome.
Knight kept his nerve throughout
the afternoon and evening and stood
in the hallway . Iking with friends
who grouped around him. A great
many of the spectators who had been
attending the case daily had left the
building when, at a few minutes past
9 o’clock the jury sent word that a
verdict was reached. Judge Grubb
was notified and had the jury called
in immediately. As the jury filed in
he cautioned the spectators against
making any demonstration.
Clerk Greenleaf read the verdict:
“Me the jury, find the defendant not
guilty.” Mrs. Knight, wife of the
defendant, gave way to her feelings
for the first time during the nine
day ordeal, and sank to her chair
weeping. She arose after a moment
however, and walked over to the jury
men, shaking hands with and warmly
thanking each one of them. Mrs.
Knight’s mother followed and shook
hands with each one of them. Knight
was almost overwhelmed with congra
tulations in the court house corridors
and on the streets. He and his wife
and mother left last night for their
home in Decatur.
The federal court has adjourned.
Four other cases against Knight,
making practically the same charges
as the one on which he has just been
acquitted, were continued to the
April term.
Knight was a member of the de
funct cotton firm of Knight, Yancey
Co., of Decatur, Ala.
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It was charged he issued forged
bills of lading for cotton, and thus
defrauded buyers in this country and
abroad out of millions of dollars. It
was after this failure that eastern
financial interests, co-operating with
Southern cotton buyers, took steps to
insure the cotton trade against forg
ed bills of lading. Adequate means
for this protection still are being dis
cussed.
Knight admitted on the witness
stand that he drew the bills of lading
without he coton, but stated traffic
officials of railroads gave him permis
sion to this, and furnish the cotton
later.
SKELETON FOUND.
Negro Recluse’s Fortune Also Disap
peared.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 15—A skele
ton, identified as that of John Allan,
a well-to-do negro citizen of McDow
ell county, who has been missing for
three months, was discovered in the
mountains today near Marion. Al
lan, who lived the life of a recluse,
was known to have had several thou
sand dollars hoarded up, and no trace
of his money can be found. There
is ample evidence that he was murder
ed, and Bruce Shade a neighboring
negro, has been arrested, charged with
the crime.
A Good Business Opening.
Representative McKinley, of Illi
nois, chairman of the republican con
gressional committee, one of the.
richest men in the house and known
affectionately among his fellows as
the “human Christmas tree,” be
cause of his generosity, was entering
the house chamber a few minutes be
fore the noon hour, says the Cincin
nati Times-Star. “Say,” cried Rep
resentative Rodenburg, of East St.
Louis. “I’ve just heard of a fine
opening for some of that spurious
capital of yours.”
“What is it?” asked McKinley.
“I know a famous city, a place of
probably 100,000 inhabitants, that
hasn’t a livery stable or garage. I’m
thinking it would offer a fine chance
for either business because the city
is always full of tourists that want
to be taken around to see the sights.”
“What’s the town?” asked Mc-
Kinley.
“Venice,” replied Rodenburg,
dodging a bunch of Congressional
Records that somebody hurled at his
head.
Chased the Rabbit.
Some one turned a young rabbit
loose on Hamilton street this morn
ing and it created a race between a
few boys. Bunnie was finally caught
by a negro boy. Quite a crowd
gathered on the sidewalks.