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FOR THE DAILY ARGUS.
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H voi. Ji • Fo :u
WILL USE WHIP
ON INSURGENTS
I If Not Bound by Caucas Will Not
I Be Recognized as a
I Republican.
I Washington, D. C., Jan. 12—Crini-
I inations and recriminations between i
the insurgents and the regulars of the
house has become so intense the mat
ter has now been brought to the per
sonal attention of President Taft.
It is possible at the caucus tonight
the regulars may attempt some action
that will accentuate the situation by
the passage of a resolution to bind
every man present to support the or
ganization on all questions that come
before the house. Any member who
refuses to be so bound to be regarded
as an independent, and not entitled
to recognition as a republican.
ROMEVISITED
. BYJIG FIRE
Started in Garage and Wrecked
Three Store Rooms, Doing
SIB,OOO Damage.
f
' rtrunc, Ga., Jan. 12 —The fire de
stroyed the garage of the Rome Gar
age company, four automobiles, shoot
ing gallery, offices of J. W. Cooper
and C. L. Wilkerson, ‘damaged the top
floor of the Medical building on Third
avenue and Broad street. The fire
threatened the Third Avenue hotel
and the guests rushed into tlie cold
morning air in night robes. It was
the same property damaged by fire
a year ago.
Rome, Ga., Jan. 12 —Fire broke out
in the rear of Fred Hanson’s garage
#his morning at 2:45 o’clock, and be-
Ire it had been extinguished had
"'completely wrecked three store rooms
and damaged the top story of the med
ical building.
The damage is estimated at between
$12,000 and SIB,OOO. A number of
automobiles were destroyed by the
blaze.
Splendid work on the part of the
department saved the medical build
ing from destruction.
The whole rear of the Hanson gar
age was on fire when discovered, and
the flames were shooting up as high
as the top of the medical building,
which made it appear that that build
ing was doomed.
At 3:30 this morning the fire was
under control.
The building was the property of
J. L. Bass.
JOTED ATLANTA
f AUTHOR DIES
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12 —Colonel John
C. Reed, formerly a prominent Atlan
ta lawyer and a noted author, died
this morning at the home of his son,
Prentiss Reed, in Montgomery, Ala.
The remains will be brought to At
lanta for interment. Funeral services
will occur Thursday afternoon.
He was born in 1836. His books
on Georgia law are recognized as au
thority’.
y Every mother knows a lot of good
Vales for raising other people’s chil-
Stiff lailg Argua.
DAIRY CASE
NOW IHOURT
Restiaining Order Will Be Heard
Before Judge Fite at Car
tersville January 22.
The Goodwood Dairy, which has.
for the past few years, been under the
management of W. A. Peek, has be
come the object of litigation. The
contention grows out of a recent sale
but it is understood that it pays more
John A. Farnsworth, of Atlanta, and
Lee W. McKinney, of Cherokee, Ga.,
all of which was unsatisfactory to
Manager AY. A. Peek, who is in poss
ession of the property under and by
virture of a certain contract hereto
fore entered into by and between him
self and Mr. Farnsworth.
Mr. McKinney, being refused pos
session of the property, instituted
proceedings to evict the tenant in pos
session but was forestalled in this by
a bond promptly furnished by Mr.
Peek.
The next move taken in the matter
was tjie filing of an equitable peti
tion by Mr. McKinney in which he
asks for an order temporarily enjoin
ing Mr. Peek from molesting the pro
perty in his charge. An order was
granted by Judge Fite temporarily
restraining Mr. Peek, and further cit
ing the defendant to be and appear
at Cartersville on January 22, to show
cause why the relief for which Mr.
McKinney asks should not be granted.
The. legal battle promises to be
fiercely waged and will furnish a Wa
terloo to one of the litigants at the
October term of Whitfield superior
court.
The attorneys for the plaintiff are
Napier, Wright A Cox, Atlanta, Mad
dox, McCamy & Shumate, of Dalton,
and the defendant is represented by
C. D. McCutehen and AY. E. Maun,
of the local bar.
"REAL” BEER
STILL EXISTS
Declares Judge Fite in Charge to
Bartow Grand Jury—When
Is A Man Drunk?
Cartersville.Ga., Jan. 12 —“I charge
you that a man is drunk when any
one coming in contact with him can
readily’ see and knoyv’ that he is not
in normal condition from the use of
intoxicating liquor.”
The above statement was made in
the Bartow county superior court by
Judge A. AA r . Fife, when lie was de
livering his charge to the grand jury.
The court was instructing the jury
as (o its duty in criminal matters,
and had directed it to find true hills
against anyone found to have been
selling any beverage that produced
intoxication.
“There is not a near-beer saloon
in the state,” lie said, “every one
knows this. They are real beer sa
loons. pure and simple, and could be
closed hv the officers of the law.”
Touching upon the question of
gambling, Judge Fite went after so
ciety games, such as "bridge, euchre,
and other parlor games for prizes
and things of value.
j Some men are born small and some
grow smaller.
The exelusiy’eness of some families
is a fortunate thing for the neigh
bors.
DALTON , GA., WEDNESDAY, .JANUARY IV, 1910
CITY COUNCIL REPORT E0R1909
OFRECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
Report of Mayor, Finance Committee, Water and
Light Commissioners, and of Other Committees of
Retiring Council on the Management of the City’s
Affairs the Past Year.
Following is the report of the mayor, the finance committee, the
water and light commissioners, and various other committees, show
ing the receipts and disbursements of the city council of Dalton, Ga.,
for the year 1909:
Mayor’s Report.
TO THE CITIZENS OF DALTON:—
As mayor, and in compliance with the city ordinances, it affords
me pleasure to submit the following report of our city’s financial con
dition :
AATe have remunerative and unremuperative assets.
As remunerative assts will mention water works, gas works, elec
tric plant; the latter not very remunerative, but in my opinion can
be made so by properly improving same.
As a directly unremunerative asset will mention school buildings,
parks, cemetery.
In our water works there has been put approximately $62,000 of
our people’s money, yet we often hear the remark from our citizens:
“AA T e are short of water and something must be done.”
Our gas w’orks have cost the city approximately $25,000 and are
easily worth $50,000 and 1 believe a buyer could be found at a much
higher price.
Getting back (it is hard to avoid digressing) to the object of this
statement. AVill divide city’s assets into realizable and unrealizable
assets. As an example of realizable assets will mention our public
utilities:
AYater works $ 62,000 00
Gas works 60,000 00
Electric Plant 12,000 00
School Buildings and Grounds 12,000 00
Fire Department (all) 3,500 00
Street Machinery, etc 800 00
Not classified 500 00
$150,800 00
Sinking fund 34,935 47
By sinking fund I mean cash on hand to pay bonds as they
fall due.
$185,935 47
Unremunerative and Unrealizable Assets.
Sewers $ 4,000 00
Parks 6.000 00
Cemetery 2.000 00
Total Assets * $197,735 00
Liabilities.
Water Bonds $ 30.000 00 .
School Bonds 17,500 00
Electric Light Bonds 10.000 00
Floating Debt 9,150 09
Balance on Sewer, approximately 500 00
Not classified, approximately 500 00
Total Liabilities $ 67,650 09
Assets $197,735 00
Inabilities 67,650 09
Total value of assets over liabilities $130,084 91
It is unnecessary to remind our citizens that our city has not been
bankrupt as a few of the “near croakers ’ so freely predicted if 1 was
elected Mayor.
During 1908 we had an extraordinary expense as follows:
AYater AYorks ‘ $ 5,000 00
Sewers 1,000 00
Gas and Electric Plants 1,500 00
$5,000 more on Streets than usual 5,000 00
Total extraordinary expense for year 1908 $12,500 00
And our streets show the wisdom of spending money intelligently
on them
Yet our floating debt was increased only approximately SI,OOO.
This year we have not had to meet any extraordinary expenses so we
have been able to lower our floating debt $6,004.40.
For receipts and disbursements for the past year will attach the
report of the finance committee.
Verv respect full v,
AY. E. AYOOD, Mayor,
Report of Finance Committee.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the City of Dalton:
AAV. your finance committee, beg to submit the following report
of receipts and expenditures for the year 1909.
Receipts.
Borrowed Moneys $17.437 24
AA T ater Collections 6.593 12
Gas Collections 11,031 92
Cemeterv 194 66
Taxes..'. 24.620 62
License 3,361 68
Street Taxes 2,315 22
Miscellaneous 980 31
Fi Fas from last year 602 93
Recorders’Court L 586 71
Sewer Connections 3,659 65
$72,377 40
Disbursements.
Salaries $ 3.109 82
Streets 5.224 16
Cemetery 510 60
Parks ■ ■ • 8 25
Nuisance 672 68
Relief 102 63
Fire Department 2,287 26
Street Lights 3.860 16
Gas Works 5,682 92
AYater AYorks 5.955 88
(Continued on page 2.)
CHATSWORTH
HASNEW P. M.
Willis Pendley Resigned and ’Tis
Said Judge Gudger Will
Get Place.
Chatsworth, Ga., Jan. 11 —Judge
R. M. Gudger will be the next post
master at Chatsworth, is the report
going the rounds here, which seems
well founded. This rumor started
from the purchase of the Willis Pend
ley property by Mr. Gudger, which
occurred recently, Mr. Pendley having
decided to locate in South Georgia.
He is at present postmaster at Chats
worth, and recently tendered his re
signation to take effect when his suc
cessor was selected.
The purchase of Postmaster Pend
ley’s residence by Mr. Gudger and
his decision to locate at Chatsworth,
tends to confirm the report of his ap
pointment, which is expected within
a few days.
As is knoAvn Mr. Gudger was an
applicant for the Spring Place post
office until a short time ago when he
withdrew, leaving C. AY. Brown as
the only other applicant in the field,
and his appointment is also looked for
most any day.
The exact figures of what the Chats
worth office pays are not obtainable,
hut it i sunderstood that it pays more
than the Spring Place office.
CHARLES HEAD DIES;
MEMBER STOCK EXCHANGE
New York. Jan. 12 —Charles Head,
senior member of the New Y ork stock
exchange firm of Charles Head & Co.,
died at his office in the Mills building,
at 10:30 o’clock this morning, of apo
plexy.
EDITOR RHODES
01 TODAY
Was Publisher Birmingham News
and Head of Southern Pub
lisher’s Association.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 12—Rufus
N. Rhodes, president of the Southern
Publishers’ Association, vice presi
dent of the Associated Press, and pub
lisher of the Birmingham News, died
here at his home at six o'clock this
morning, after an illness of several
months. His death was caused by
an affection of the heart.
DR. WOOD DELEGATE 10
HOOKWORM GATHERING
Dr. AA r . E. AYood has been named
as a delegate to the conference to be
held in Atlanta January 18 and 19,
for the consideration of the hook
worm disease. The meeting was call
ed by the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce and will include many promi
nent physicians from the leading cit
ies all over the South, and, upon re
quest, the delegates from Georgia
were named by Governor Brown.
The conference will he largely at
tended and will bring together one
of the most notable gatherings of
physicians ever assembled in the
south. Dr. AYood has accepted the
invitation and will be present at the
meeting.
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WIFE ENTERS
WALL STREET
Mrs. Morse, Wife of Banker and
Ice King, in Fight to Recoup
H
Husband’s Fortune.
New Y T ork, Jan. 12 —Mrs. Charles
AY. Morse, wife of banker and former
ice king, who is serving a sentence of
fifteen years in th<s federal prison in
Atlanta for violating the national
banking laws, has entered wall street.
She has a modest office fitted with
furniture and from her home will con
duct a campaign to recoup her hus
band’s shattered fortune.
Morse, in his cell, is said to be the
guiding hand.
A good time to stop talking is just
before yon have told all that you
know.
to makTflight
DEBPIOONEY
Commodore Benedict Offers Son
in-law $50,000 Not to Make
Flight, but He Says Nit.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 12—Clifford
B. Harmon, of New York, son-in-law
of Commodore E. C. Benedict, is de
sirous of making another aeroplane
flight today, despite the offer of Ben
edict to pay him $50,000 providing he
makes no ascent. Harmon has already
made one trip with Curtiss and was
so pleased he is determined to make
an effort at flight alone.
THE PENSION QUESTION.
Editor Argus:
The state has been paying a pen
sion to indigent Confederate soldiers
for a time. Now since the ranks are
thinning so that only here and there
a lone sentry stands to mark the lines
and remind the rising host of the
state of a stronger line that once stood
in defense of her honor in a cause to
her most dear, and in a conflict than
which none has ever been more fierce
ly waged. Now since these lines have
become so decimated, would it not be
magnanimous in the empire state of
the South, to wipe out the indigent
clause and remember in a sustantial
way the heroes of the lost cause.
AYili not the press of the state take
the matter up and so agitate that Geo
rgia shall have the distinctive honor
of leading in a cause so chivalrous.
J. C. PARROTT.
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PRODUCE MARKET.
Butter, per pound 20
Eggs, per dozen 30
Hens 35
Fries 15 to 25
Apples SI.OO
Dried Apples 6
Birds 10
Rabbits 8
Squirrels .8
Wool.
AVashed 30
Unwashed 16 to IS
TV'toes.
Irish Potatoes 75
ment that it is better to have the
good will of a dog than the ill will,
find out about the dog.
Money has no occasion to use a
magophone when it talks.