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THE BANNER, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1,1903. THE ATflFNS DAILY BANNER Published Dallv. Sunday and Weekly by (1. J. ROWE, B. P. HOLDER. JR Editor T. W. REED ButlntM flansf.-r THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER is delsve: ed by carriers In the city, or mailed, postage fret- to any addresi at the following rates Ou par year, t'2.60 for tlx moniFs, 11.25 for three months. The Weekly or Sunday BANNER $UW per year, 50 cents for six* months, Invariably fash In advance. Remittances may be made by express, post ollice money order or registered letter. All business communications should be ad dressed to the Business manager. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. Subscribers are requested to promptly notify the business office of late delivery, failure to carry papers to porches or failure tt deliver with absolute regularity on the part of the Tur ners. Such notifications is the only means of knowing of the existence of any cause for com plaint, and will be appreciated accordingly. TELEPHONE*: Business Office 75. one ring dltorial Rooms 75. two rtrgs TO THE PUBLIC. THE BANNER solicits news from Its friends k the city, but we cannot receive announce ments of meetings and similar notices over the telephone. We ask our friends to kindly write all such notices and mall them to the editor of The Banner, or sand to the office by messenger. We are always glad to print such notices for oar friends, but we Just bave not tbs time to take them by telephone. Our friends will please bear this In mind. All communlcatlans for publication MUST be accompanied by the real name of the writer. The writer's name will be withheld when the request Is made, but the editor must know from whom each communication comas. There wlU be no deviations from tbese'rales In tbs future. Write it 1903. Pall for Athens. Prosperous New Year. Here’s to the New Y'ear. All together for a greater Athens. Let’s make Athens hum daring 1903. Cat oat the caaoas, gentlemen of the fcOnncll. Lots of ink will be wasted this week [thing ont :902. Another mile post In the journey of time has been passed. Begin the new yeu right, keep It np right and it will end right. Let's start the New Year off with some good big subscriptions to the Sum mer School fund. An exchange writes a lengthy edi torial on “Morals among Royalty.” There could not hare been much In the article. Editor John Temple Graves is at his desk again after a brief absence, and the editorial page of this splendid paper will be even greater than ever now. The News Is one of the best papers in the state, The prospects are good for a great Sommer School in Athens next summer, as set ont in The Banner yesterday, if the peoplo of Athens will only put np the remaining amount of money neces sary for the local fnnd. The people of Atlanta want the Pres byterian College. The Atlanta Journal 1s at the head of the movement to raise a building fnnd of $250,000. The Jour nal will raise the fnnd. It is the great est newspaper In the Sonth. Every merchant In Athens should be- gin the New Year with an advertise ment In The Banner. We pell for Ath ens and the Interests here every day in the year. The people read The Banner and every merchant should place their clalms before the people through these columns. The Savannah Board of Trade has passed resolutions endorsing George B. Cortelyon for Secretary of the depart ment of Commerce, to be established soon. He will get the place when it is created and will give general satisfac tion. Another milestone in the journey of time has been passed. The old year has given away to the new and with the dying of the old year many saw . countless hopes and aspirations die, while with the advent of the new year we will makp resolutions and root new hopes and new aspirations. The year jnst ended has been a most remarkable one from many points of view. W« have witnessed achievements during the past twelve months not dreamed of in the year previous, and yet today we lannoh upon the begin ning of a year whose opportunities are unlimited and whose possibilities reach ont beyond anything before conceived by prophets or seers, and its end will show results not dreamed of daring the year jn9t closed, which has been one of progress and prosperity. Glorious has been the privilege of those who have been permitted to live through the year just closed. Great has been the responsibility to posterity that has been imposed upon those who have made the records of the past year, and right well have those privileges and responsibilities been met.. Daring the past few years ont of chaos havt we evolved the marvelons diccoveries and inventions of the age. These wo hand down to future generations, which it is theirs to further develop and improve as it shall please Him who directs all of our movements and achievements. Great as have been onr privileges and great as have been our achieve ments daring the past year, yet, far greater are the responsibilities resting upon those who come after ns and with whom it rests to work ont the re mainder of the results handed down to them, in trust, from those who have gone before. Invention begets invention and discoveries only suggest that which can be discovered. With the suggestions by invention and discovery, that we who have assisted in making the records of the past year baud over to those who will develop the coming year, fields are open to them that the beginning of the past year never dreamed of, and those li "Ms will be developed and improved as we scarcely dreamed of at the beginning of the past year. The beginning of the year that closed with the tolling of the midnight bell last night was scarcely less propitious than we find today. We thongbt we were very far advanced in what it takes to make np civilization and ad vancement at the beginning of the past year ; yet, the strides we have made and the opportunities before ns lead ns to believe that far greater will be the achievements and advancement at the close of the year that was ushered in this morning. The progress of civilization is ever onward and upward. Every succeed ing generation builds upon the superstructure of those who have preceeded them, so are the accomplishments of every succeeding year builded upon the achievements of the year that has passed. And while we are wise in onr own conceit, in the shadow of the old year there is every reason to believe that Christendon will be as far ahead of us at the sunset of the new year as we were ahead of the achievements of preceeding years at the beginning of the old year. The past year will go down in history as one of the most noted periods that our people have witnessed in a decade. It has been one of the most re markable years In the progress and civilization of the human race in the his tory of tho world. Scientific research has unfolded new theories and discov eries that throw light on old discoveries and old theories and leads scientists to believe that there are great things iu store in the new year for the student stronomer. Religions thonght has advanced beyond expectation during “ —‘ with tho dawn of the new year, sheared of its many dogmas _ ‘ e-- fcfr^ypTUbe lowly > »m,lWfflronghtcL-je. 1 home to men, and that church ™'aentfl. will be more universally and more strongly felt than ever before in the years that have passed to return again no more forever. Art and education have progressed hand in hand, and the beginning of the new year finds all the ed ucational institutions of Athens and of the entire country with student bodies the like of which have never before been witnessed. Most wonderful products have been developed and handed down as heirlooms with the dawn of the new year. In Commercial interests in Athenb and throughout the state and the country generally, prosperity has abounded during the past year. The old year dies leaving the most prosperous times in the history of the United States. Iu foreign lands there are people depressed, and in some of these the hand of war is clutching the throats of the people, bnt not so with ns. Peace and plenty abound on every hand. The confidence of the Ameri can people in their institutions and traditions is unbounded, and good feeling and good cheer reign supreme. The old year is dead. We have passed one more milestone, as it were, in the journey to the grave. The new year brings new promises and new re sponsibilities. Today the book of the past year with its doings is sealed and the new book, in which each of n3 must record onr every act and deed for eternity, has been opened. It may be well for all of ns to hah at this period along life’s journey. We should take onr bearings and see if we have been writing in the book of life the character we would like to stand by at the great judgment bar, when the seals will be broken and onr records held np for inspection by the great Judge If onr lives have not been all they should be, all we wished—all that will be pleasing In the sight of the Supreme Ruler—we will have a chance to begin the new book aright today and ascribe therein a character that ghall have nothing to fear before men and that can stand before the great God—the Maker and Iinler of ns all. This will be the last milestone many of ns will ever pass on the journey of life. Those of ns who will not live to see the new year dawn after 1903 now have the opportunity, like the old year, of making our last mile the best. With the close of yesterday the old book was sealed. With the dawn of today the records will be made on new pages. Let ns begin with the begin ning and carefully guard each day that not a page in the new book shall be written with a blot or a stain, and let ns strive to so live during the present year and every succeeding year that we are allowed to live, in such a way that our lives may be approved of by all men, and if we do no more we shall at least meet the approval of onr own consciences and onr own approbation and be bnt a better and a happier people. With these ideas in mind : "Ring ont the old, ring in the new: Ring ont the false, ring in the true.” * The Banner can see no good reason for the oity council to hold a canons prior to the election of officers at the ' meeting ’ next week. The people who ' elected the mem ben of connoil no doubt thonght these officials could make np 'their o wn minis on all matters and Vote \ooordirgiy, both as* to men and meas- urea. Da away with the canons gen tlemen. Transact! the pnhilo’e business , ln the open. URICSOL CURES RHEUMATISM. From far away Los Angeles, the land of flowers, comes glad tidings. This is the home of URICSOL. This remedy was originated, after pains taking and long con tinued research, by a druggist of forty-one years experience. It pleasantly cures Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago and many forms of Kidney, Liver and Bladder troub les. caused by uric acid in the system. It is unique, scientific and harmless. It builds up and cures after all other known reme dies have failed. It is the paragon—the queen of all remedies to cure the diseases for which it is recommended. There is nothing else like it, and will prove of incal culable value to suffering,humanity. A strong capitalized company is behind it, and it is destined to mark a new era in melic&l science. Druggists sell it at $1.00 per bottle or six bottles for$5.00i Enclose stamp for particulars and book of wonderful cures. Address the Lamar * Rankin Drug ~ Atlanta, Ga., or the UricsolCh arnica! Los Angeles, CaL Co., For *ale by H. R. Palmer & Sons. 1EALTH NSURANCE The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne tho signature of and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one todceeivo you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are hut Experiments that tritlo with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, lkrops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm* nml allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tho Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA always Bears the Signature of The Kind Yon Have Always Bought MAKE XMAS MONEY COUNT. 5 Those items we have in our lines of holiday goods are sensible, pleasing ones: the kind that give full let urns in use fulness and enjoyment for every cent of cost. We have made an extra effort t his year to get praetieal as we’ll as the newest and most at- traetive gifts in our lines: and we bave put prices on them that will appeal to those who want wort It v goods at. the lowest possible ■tlsl . In just ieeto course If and those you buy for you should see what we have before making select ions We have told you pre\finish some thing of t he art ieles carried, but telling is largely in vain, you will bave to sec them to appreciate goods and prices. :::::: Wc want you to see them and save H. R. Palmer & Sons, DRUGGISTS. 105 Clayton St. Athens. Ga. & In Use For Over 30 Years. $ a For Sale WHY WILL Y01) Pay High Premiums For LIFE INSURANCE When you can get just, as good a policy, in a first- class company, at From 25 to 35 per cent Less Money? Instead of wait ing 20 years to give you a dividend, > take it off your premium at the beginning of each year, thus giving you much lower rates. It will be to your interest to let me explain this matter to you, and you will not be under any obliga tion fo take a policy if you are not pleased. Please call to see me. or if you request it, I will call on you. A. L. Mitchell, Special Ag’t. ATHENS, GEORGIA. 803 *5? 300 acre farm miles from (’enter, Ga., oil Ooonee river. fiOO.OOO feet of ltimlier call lie cut oil place. 4 horse farm open A. L. Brooks. i hi ki ui uuiiui S % * vi> PROFESSIONAL CARDS ertYvigTvW'ur cwmerej" ARCHITECT. AUGUSTA, OA. . ATHENS. GA. PHONE loo. When out of city consult H. E. CHOATE. Justice Court. Prompt attention to .11 buitn.it, ». W. LUCAS, N. P. and Ex OQolo Jmtlo. of th. Paso, # STEPHEN C. UPSON, Athruj-it-Uv; Offlc* la Talzntdgt BaUdlng Corner of Coltef Avanaa and Clayton Strut. BSSEK8EEEEC ££ ESKSKSEo 33B3S23S IS. 1SSSSSSS 320 COAL - COAL - COAL s - man who Insures his life Is wise for his family. The man who insures his health Is wise both for his family and himself. You may insure health by guard ing it. It is worth guarding. At the first attack of disease, which generally approaches through the LIVER and mani fests Itself in Innumerable ways TAKE And save your health. jg Now is the time to buy your coal. We are sole agents M for the famous RED ASH and many other high grades. A Comparison; -Sec Us Before Plneing Your Order's,- M Telephones ATHENS COAL & COKE CO. P. VONDERAU, M e r Here is a man in perfect health. Dies. Leaves a widow and three small children tube cared for ltv strangers and charity, which lasts only a few days. Here is a man that took a policy in Hie □SEersESirbbsbbb^bbbbo'ssssrssssssszsssisjs© | 11 MUtllBl UlB Of G3i M ORR’S SCHOOL. Corner Pulaski and Dougherty Streets. Spring term begins Jan. 5th, 1903. Young men and young ladies prepared for college. Boys and girls in the public schools wishing aid on special studies will be accommodated. For terms apply to 8. P. ORR. *• NICKERSON . Pro. W. B. JACKSON. Vice Pr«x. T. It. NICKER50'. Sec. THE ATHENS HARDWARE CO. DEALERS IIV Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Woodenware, Etc. ;LAWN MOWERS,ICE CREAM FREEZERS, GARDEN H08E-< , I »e8 and xgo Breed Street. Athene. Ge. j GEORGIA JUNK COnPANY, klllA Scrap Iron, Castings, Brass, ^Copper, Beer Bottles, Grain Bags, Pewter, Zink, Rubber, Stove Cast, Books, Paper, !Bones, Rags, G’ass, Jugs, Lead, Etc. BROAD STREET, near Georgia Depot, opposite Rucker’s Compress, alwfSTi^? raSte 8 to-u °” wmma oautoranv of the He died suddenly. lie leaves bis widow and orphans AVKi.no, that is the liest friend when t lie Husband and Father is gone. It only cost him seven dollars a year. Can’t you afford apolicy? Communicate wit It John A. Darwin. y Clayton Street. ffi CITY TRAIN SCHEDULE \irival and Departure ol Trains. CITY TIME, City Time is 80 minutes slower thr.n Ea and 30 minutes faster than Central tim SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Leaves at 12:15 p. »n. Arrives at 5.03 Leaves at 5:50 p. m. Arrives at 0:15 B. W. Sizer. Ag< GEORGIA R. R. SEABOARD AIR LINE R’Y If ORTH BOUND. 8° SHf!’*‘l»nt»,S:10r.m,Ar.Athens. 10 SOUTH BOUND. AM *“’M££’ Af- " " 5 :5^m’ f ■■ - ‘ J. Z. Hoke. C Ae.ni a0 ' Qe "’ P * 8en ‘ rer ’ OKNTBAL op GEOBGIA BAIL’ ktzl.fi i :00p.m. Leave 8 M tMVe’ m 7:30 a. m. Arrive 9 Mi J. B. HUMPHREY, Ag< c