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W’ The Georjla National Bank Of Athens, Capital $100,000. Offers to depositors every facility their balances, business and responsibility warrant. ATHEN ANNER. The Georgia National Bank Of Athens. Capital $100,000. seitefi deposits of banka, corporations, as and IndiridoAls. Careful atten tion to all business. ESTABLISHED 1832. ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1903. $5.00 A YEAR THE NORMAL SCHOOL CLO® YESTERDAY Sermon by Rev. D. W. Brannen Sunday Morning. Elo quent and Impressive Address by Pres. Myron T. Scudder, of New Paltz, New York, Yesterday Morning. Graduates Given Diplomas. The State Normal School hu closet; for the session and will not re opeu until next September. The more than four hundred young men and women in at tendance upon that institution hare re- turned to their homes and the oampus has a d serted look. The annual sermon was preached at the Normal School auditorium Sunday morning in the presence of a large con gregation by Rev. D W. Brannen, of UilledgeTille. Dr. Bratn >n took as his text: "Follow Me." and his remarks were addressed to the various qualities that go to make up true disoipleship. The sermon abounded in lessons of the greatest importance to the young aud was one of the most profound utterances ever delivered in this city. The music arranged for the occasion was inspiring. The regular commeceement day exer- olses were held at th auditorium yes terday morning at eleven o'clook. They were opened with a song by the school and followed by prayer by Dr. Isaao S. Hopkins, pastor of the first Methodist church of this city. The Glee Club then sang beautifully the song "I Know a Bauk Whereon the Wild Thyme Grows.” The annual address was delivered by Mr. Myron T. Scndder, president of the State Normal School at New Paltz. New York. It was a masterful address, the remarks at the speaker being directed to the subject of Manual Training Mr. Scndder said in part: “There never has been a time when the careful, skillful training of children was so nec essary as now. The child of today is to be called on to face greater difficulties, graver crises, more complicated social problems than have evet before como up for solution. Owing to the unbearable conditions of rural life in many sections of the country there Is a general exodus taking place ; people are fugitives from farms, seeking relief in the more attrac tive life of the cities. IuvestigstioD shows the following results: Rosds deteriorate, mortgages multiply and value of lauds decreases; churches and schools weaken aud die out and a gen eral exchange of foreign for native stock takes place. With decreasing popula tlou and bad roads there comes au isola tion that leads to degeneration and de moralization. producing such vicious communities as we are only too well acquainted with both North and South. ‘If this migration continues,’ says Dr. Jo-iuh Strong, 'and no new preventive measures are devised, I see no reason why isolation, ignorauoe, vice and de gradation should not tnorease in the country until we have a rural American peasantry, illiterate and immoral, pos* ■easing the right of citizenship bat nt- terlv Incapable of performing or com prehending its dntiea.’ “Such a condition at this has a pecu liar significant'a for the South. The populations of the North will be largely udbaj in the future. I is probable that the population of the Sonth will be large ]y rural, and since history shows os that our Amoricnu farms have developed praotically all the great leaders in the history of onr country, the abandon ment of farms is a most serious menace. Shall we not have to look to the farms of the Sonth more and more for onr great leaders of thought and action? “Now In the rearing of children three institutions are vested with great r<- spontibill y, the home, the ohnroh and the Sunday sohool and the seonlar schools. The church and the Sanday school do not reaoh a very large propor tion of our children and owing to the increasing complexity of modern life with its exceedingly wealthy classes on one side and desperately poor classes on the other, a very large proportion of onr children are praotically without any COUNTING THE HOTS Contest is Now Getting Very Interesting With Many Entries. NlSCHURCH h >me iiattaeiice, while thw home iollti- Alice of hordes of other children is vi tioas. The burden of edunatir'n lies, herofore, on the public school system How does it m*-et the responsibility ': We are obliged to say not very satiafac 'orily. for our schools are not adapt* (1 to the needs of the civilization of today. "The traditional school lud for its aim the development of intellect alone ; now the development of the all-round man in the ideal. The school house ev ry where should be the center of the social life of the community, promoting general con. tentwent of the people by teaching and fostering the simple arts of every day living, of passing leisure hours, of proper modes of amusement, of developing habits of industry and thrift aud of in culcating right notions of persoual and oivio morality. "A purely literary education is devi talizing to children, yet as a matter of fact most of our schools are devoting their entire time to such culture. Ol vast importance is it to so shape our courses of study that the active physi cal side of the child, as well the men tal, has fall opportunities for expres sion. The difference between a child so trained aud one brought up in a purely literary education was brought home by the following experience : In our home a Swedish girl of 14 years of age, was employed to help care for baby and do some up stairs work." She cohfd'see when things needed to be done and with out waiting to be told would uke the in itiative, go aud do them. The spirit of Swedish industry had done its work in her life. She had had a schooling that drew out the active side of her nature and continually enabled her to contrib ute materially to the happiness and com fort of the family witn which she lived. Her immediate predecessor in this j op tion was an unusually attructive Amei- lcan girl. But she was as useless and a-» helpless as so many American girls r.re, when it comes to the actual doing of things arouud tho home. l£ was diffi cult to see what her nine years of Mtht o ing had done for her further than to teach her to read and write. Daring the formative period or her lif*’ she h id beeu kept at her books in the attempt to gain information much of which was useless for mental discipline, inspiration or utility. During these years the echoo had, in a measaro, prevented her from getting an adeqnate training in those domestic arts in life that more than any others underlie the comforts and hapui- ness of humanity. Mothers are fre quently blamed for not properly train HANDSOME PRIZES Will be Won by Those Who Count Accurately—Guesses are Coming in Rapidly Prom the People. if Oconee Street Methodist Clutch Building Occupied |unday Morning. THE FIRST SERVICES l $T Were Full of interest and the Church Building Was Filled to Its Seating Capacity— Build- • ing Quite Attractive. The Banner’s dot coute a t goes merrily on. From th^ number of answers that rolled into thip office yesterday it was evident that many people had been counting the dots on Sanday. The answers began coming in yesterday morning early and jast before the office was closed last night several more at- wers were received. There is still a wide difference in the tUNwers. In some instances the answers are several hundred apart. Is seems that the people are not counting as ac curately at the beginning as they should, in their anxiety to get their answers in ear:y. The Banner has received several quer- ries as to the prize list. If may be stated that the first prize will be $25,00 in cash, with additional cash priz s amounting to as much as $25,00. In addition to the above mentioned cash, prizes amounting to as much as $50,00, making a total . in prizes, -iu~ - cash and oth«rwiee. _ of at least $100,00. It will probably be several days before the total prize list is made up, but the foregoing an nouncement should bo sufficient to war rant the counters g«tting in their ana wers as rapidly as possible. The dots can be counted and they will be counted accurately. The question is, who will be the first to couut them accurately and thereby secure the first prize of $25.00 in cash? BARNETT SHOALS MAYBE DEVELOPED Movement That May End in the Construction of a $500,- 000 Cotton Mill in This County and the Extension of the Street Railway to Whitehall. This Will Mean Much for Athens. and card playing in an unknown art to tin* vast majority. "We do not believe that parents fully realize the importance of training their children iu the industrial and domestic acts. Industrial werk has great discipli- n iry value for the mind. It develops the powers of obsercation and attention ; it trains the eye, ear aud hand to preci- sion ; it produces order, neatness and accuracy ; it inculcates habits of indus try aud thrift Thus it gives a toy more than a trade, it givts him power to Bnc- c-t d at any trade or iu any walk of life. But it does more than this It li a is one into a Aider, deeper sympathy with all manual laborers. Fur if a man’s liras- tnew building of Oconee street idist ohntch was occupied by the congregation for the first time Sunday morning. The and!orinm was filled to the ut most sea'..ng capacity and the services wet* of the most interesting charact r Tbp services were opened with the song.vOome, Thon Almighty King," and following tin song came remarks by the pastor R -v. M. H. Kikes. All Hall the Power of Jeans’ name,” was then sung by the congregation and a fervent prayer was off-red by Rev. Ellison D. Stone. Lessons from the Scrip tares were then read by Mr. Eakes Rev. E. D. Stone addressed the con grcgfUiou for about twenty minutes during which time he gave a number of interesting reminisc mces of the old h, the different preachers who had ipied its pnlpit and the good work thgt.had been accomplished since the organization of the cuundi. itr. T. W. Reed in xt spoke on the anwRpt' of "The Herbage of Oconee tflfCPt’* -r.- . « were addressed chiefly to the duty of the members to hand down that glo rious heiitage untarnished and m.diwin ished to posterity. Rev. George E Stem made beautiful and impressive remarks in the congre gation, after whicn tho patter m \de a closing address. The pas’ur announced that revival services would begin at once and that they would be held each night during the week ac the new church building. Sanday afternoon the Sunday school met for the first time in the new build ing. Nearly one hundred and fitty were present and the Sanday school started off well in its new homo. The new building is in every w ay tetter and more attractive than the o'd building and the membership are already show ing much enthusiasm iu the work. The future of O'onee street church seems to be bright with promise. VETERANS LEAVE FOR NEW ORLEANS Quite a Party Left Yester day From Athens to Attend Re-union. MaDj members of Gobb-Deloney Gamp, U. C. V., loft yesterday for New Orleans, where they will spend several days thiB week in attendance upon the annnal reunion of this organization. The Athens party left yesterday after noon on the Seaboard Air Line. They went by Atlanta, where they took the Atlanta and West Paint railroad. The route was selected and all preliminary details arranged by Captain J. J. O. Mc Mahan. Following is a list of the Confederate veterans who went in the party : F T Berry, J O Eidson, J F Payne, J J Jennings, Robt Flonrnoy, W G Ca- rithers, J G McElroy, W B Hosey, J W Davenport, R W Pitman, J A Garebo'.d, J H Jordan, Jas Wright, T A Jo' aJ David Carithers, Whitson Jarrett, W F Black, M W Pledser, S H Black, W T Sorrell, J F Finch, J T Hamilton, S O Daniel, John Potts, J J C McMahan, Po^Uardeman, A P Oochran, G H Smith, JOG Stephens, R J Sorrells, J A Hunuicatt, Joseph Wotd. The following visitors went along with the local visitors: Mrs J J O McMahan, Miss Helen Mc Mahan, Mrs J P Fears, S A Fambrongb, R M. Hall, A J Crowley, J C Sorrells, and mind have by practice been ad- iug their daughters when the blame j justed to the nicety requisite to produce should rest upon the schools. ThH casa a finished piece of work, then will he W A Mallory, H B Barber, J T Mar shall, L T Carithers, J S Oldham, T P Cooper, Alva Harris, Miss Rath Jack- ,on, Miss Annie Lon Matthews, Jas Camak, Louis Cautak, J H Rucker, Miss Mary M Hill, Dr and Mrs G W West brooks, E S Dobbins, G W Qniuby, Yancey Harris, F F Dawson. There is a probability of tbedevelof. meat of the waterpower at Barnett Shoals and the nse of a portion of the power in a big cotton mill in this connty. Oapt. James White, owner of the Bar nett Shoals power, has for some time contemplated ti e development of the power at that place, and there is now ou foot a movement to consnmmate those plans. The fall at Barnett Shoals will fam ish fully three thousand horsepower. This is the largest waterpower in this immediate section of the state. If it ia developed about one thousand horse power will be used in driving the ma chinery of a new cotton mill that will be bnilt. In connection with the same move* meat is one to construct an extension of the Athens Electric Street Railway to Whitehall, Ga., in the vicinity of whieh place the new mill will be erected. These plans have been discussed by Capt. White and several Athens par ties, and while nothing definite has yet been agreed on it may be stated that there is every probability of the enter prise being carried to a sncoessfnl con summation. The proposed new mill will be a f600,000 affair and will be the largest mill in thia section of the state. It ia not stated what will be done with the remaining two thousand horsepower that will be ready for me when the falls at Barnett that the owner of that property will hold it for such manufacturing plants as may be in the near future be established iu this connty. The development of this magnificent waterpower will bring great prosperity to this connty and the people of Athens await with great interest the announce ment that the plans for its development have been completed. KEYSTONE CHAPTER MEETS TONIGHT L. C. I. ALUMNAE TO MEET FRIDAY Important Gathering of the Local Alumnae of That Institution. A LITTLE BABE PASSES AWAY Death of the Infant Son of Air. and Mrs. W. T. Bryan, of This City. is bnt typical of hundreds of thousands throughout this country. “As a preparation for every day life, for the kind of thing most children will be called upon to do for so many hears during each day of their lives, the enrri- cnlnm mast emphasize the industrial arts and sciences. A child when he leaves school is not going to spend his boors in reading writing aud arithmetic, bnt in working, sleeping and eating and antnsing himself. How important that at school should be taught those things that go so far towards making life beara ble and even attractive in these particu lars, cooking, sewing, the making of beds, keeping things cleau, setting the table, ventilating, caring for the sick, first aid to the injured, beautifying house and grounds. This applies also to that vitally important matter of pasting one’s leisure time. One doesn’t want to read and study all the time he is not working, sleeping or eating. Proper amusement, play, is therefore appreciate a welt constructed article wherever he sees it and enter at once into sympathy with its maker. Thus, manual labor, dignified by intelligence and by high ideals, not only aids in life’s struggles, but tends to obliterate class distinctions and to promote general contentment In conclnsinu Mr. Scndder paid a high tribute to President Branson and the magnificent work being done by the State Normal School. Following the address of Mr. Scndder was a song by the school and then the delivery of the diplomas to the graduates by President Branson. The iollowing re reived diplomas : Miss Xua Williams, of Muscogee county ; Mub Emily Callo way, of Troop connty; Miss Myrtle Miller, of Folron county ; Miss. Annie Jarrell, of Jones oennty; Mr. Angelo Williams, ol Bnllooh connty; Miss Ella Sands, of Harris connty -, Miss Tcmmle Dczier. of Fnlton county; Miss Lula Moore, of Greene connty; Miss Mary Grand High Priest Will Alake Report of Grand Chap ter Aleeting. Tonight at the lodge room in the Max Joseph building Keystone Chapter, Royal Arch MaBons, will hold its regn lar meeting. It is desired that as many of the mem bers be present as possible as a report of the Grand Chapter at Macon is to be made by High Priest M. G Michael and Soribe W. H. Shieb. There will also be other business of importance to be trans acted. one of the vital concerns of life How Oreeswell, of Walton connty and Mbs to enable a c xnpany to pats an evening I Lucile Stephens, of Fnlton county, profitably without retorting to danolng I One of the interesting features of thia commencement and one of great ap- propriutiateness was the holding of Me morial exerci-es by the sohool Saturday morning in memory of the late Oapt. S. D. Brad well, the first president of the school, who died at his home in Florida last Friday. President Branson made an appropriate adirees in whiah he re viewed the work of Oapt Bradwell and recounted what he had done for the interest of the State Normal Sohool while occupying the position of pres I dent . - There will be a meeting of the alnm nae of the Lnoy Cobb in Margaret Hall Friday afternoon. May 22nd, at 5 o’clock. All the old Lucy Cobb girls living in Athens are earnestly invited to come to this meeting to arrange for the annnal reunion June 8th. This annual reunion s now a permanent feature of the Lnoy Oobb commencement, and it devolves upon the local alnmnae to make it lar ger and more enjoyable each year. Let the alnmnae rally aronnd their alma mater, and arouse a lively interest in her welfare and snccets With the support of tho vast number of daughters that have left her halls, the Lacy Cobb will keep abreast with the finest schools in the land. MRS BILLUPS PHINIZY. Pres. Lnoy Cobb Alnmnae Ass’n. MISS BASILINE PRINCE, Seo. Sanday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bryan on Prince avenue occurred the death of their infant son, Charles Proctor, after a brief illness. The little boy was ten months old and had been in the world jnst long enough to become the idol of his fond parents. To them In this honr of sorrow the sympathies of hosts of friends are ex tended. The fnneral services were held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan yester day afternoon in the presence of qnlte a large nnmber of friends. They were conducted by Dr. I S. Hopkins and Dr. W. H. Yonng, the remains being in- terred in Oconee cemetery. GIT! COURT 15 The X-Rays. Recent experiments, by praotical tests and examination with the aid of the X Rays, establish it as a fact that Catarrh of thestomach is not a disease of itself, bnt that it resnlts from repeated attacks of indigestion. "How can 1 cure my in digestion?" Kodol Dyspepsia Care is curing thousands. It will enre yon of indigestion and dyspepsia, and prevent or core Catarrh of the Stomaob. Kocol digests what yon eat - makes the stom- ach sweet. Sold by The Orr Drug Co. Yesterday morning the regular May term of the City court of Athens was opened, Jndge Howell Cobb on the bench. This session of the court will probably last several days, as these are a nnmber of oases, both civil and criminal, to be tried. Don’t think less of yonr system than yon do of yonr home. Give it a thor ough cleansing, too. Take Hood's Sar saparilla.