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, Subscribe Today FOR THE DAILY ARGUS. , 10c A Week. 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. • Learn Where to Trade * BY READING THE ARGUS * Advertisements. * • Price Five Cents 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. o 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.