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[ The Georgia National Bank
III Athens. Capital $100,000.
. i\ .-s .lfiM.slt>oM>ank*. corporation*
rni'- '»n.l individual* Careful a’ten-
THE ATHE
BANNER.
The Georgia National Bank
Of Athens. Capital $100,000.
i ST A BLISIIED 1832.
ATHENS, GA., SATDBDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1903.
$’>.00 A YEAR.
PRELIMINARY SURVEY
OF THE NEW RAILROAD
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Decides That Steps be
Taken at Once to Have That Work Done. Athens and
Carnesville Will Bear the Expense. Messrs.
Dortch and Ayers Addressed Meeting.
A- , . |_-.t behind the d.»nei.ville t mi.",
railna-i wi.hn rush yesterday at t’ e writt
meeting .if the Chamber of Commerce. At:.. .
nt’d her ritizeus will do their full pi rt s. s \>
towards securing tt is railroad which ire
will be c.f great hem fit to the interests , the :
of the city. ! rttlr.
Steps ha-e been taken that will iutnre . sera
the beginning of the preliminary snr | ever
vey of the new road within the next
few Weeks and as soon as the snrvey Is
complete 1 the Everett-Moore syndicate,
of Toledo, Ohio, stands ready to take
np the work of a permanent survey and
the construction of the road, provided
that the people along the line pot np
thirty thousand dollars and secure the
right of way.
The meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce yest' rday morning was well at
tended by representative business men
and a considerable amount of entho
siasm was manifested. Iu fact there
can he tio doubt bnt that the people of
Athens are at.xions to secure the pro
posed r.iad and will be willing to pot op
the money that will be necessary to se
core it.
Ill til" absence of President Elward6,
who was out of the city, the meeting
was presided over by second Vice Presi
dent M 11. Michael. The privileges of
the tloor were t-xteuded to Editor John
S. Dortch, of the Carnesville Tribune,
will stat'd the facts relative to the
proposition of Mr. J Morgan, represent
ing the Everett-Moore syndicate. This
proposition is to build the electric road
from Athens to Carnesville, provided
tho people along the line give the right
of way and thirty thousand dollars in
cash. A contrast to that effect, signed
by Mr. Mo.gan, is in the possession of
Mr Dortch.
Mr. Dortch stated that the people of
Carnesville and Erarklin county had
already subscribed fifteen thousand dol
lars lo the railroad fond, which money
v ill bi forthcoming whenever it may
beneedtd. Ho was satisfied that at
paid by t r
mated th
WAS A CASE
OF MURDER
The Death of Henry Jones
Causes Unquestionably
by foul Play.
THE CORONER'S JURY
Still at Work Investigating and
Hope to be Able to Get the
l \idence to Fix Crime
Upon Guilty Party.
BEATEN
IN HEAD
AT HOTEL
if
Exciting Affray in a
Room on the Third
Eloor of Com
mercial Hotel
Last Might.
SOLDIERS
MTOCANP
Athens Guards Will Leave
for Camp McKenzie on
July 6th.
rf MX lull tlr, tl .1.'
that tht*
bear half of r,
would bt ar the
under the «»gre
c.' would not
r<i, .\ml said
svillo would
♦* of Athene
Tnis amount ,
*. Morgan is
Last night about ton o’olo k Jesse P
Cooper and K C. Nickerson, a photogra
pher. engaged iu an altercation in
Cooper's room at the Commercial hotel,
and as a result Nickerson has two or
GAPT. J. M. M’CURDY
lias Been Appointed Regimental
Quartermaster, lie is Also
Regimental Commissary.
Forty Athens Men Go.
The coroner’s jnr? has not yet been
•iblo to arrive at a verdict in regard tu
the death of llenry Jones, the negro | tbree 8ca , p w0Qnd8 ou the back o{ hi9
whose dead body was fonud a few morn ; head whicb were it , )U cteA by bating
mgs since near Barber street crossing on ! with a pUtol| wbile Cooper hit the grit
the S aboard Air Line railroad.
jury held a session yesterday af- f rom
and np to midnight had not been heard
to be deducted from the thirty thousand ; teruoou for several hours and finally ad- I Artbur TQck> an e>e witue68 t0 the
jonrued to meet again ntxt Tuesday, j diffloaltyj 6tat ad the facts to The Ban-
wheu it is hoped the, will be able to cer reprC8eC: ,alive last night as fcl l0V ve :
bring witnesses before them who will in ..j had j ast came into the hotel along
a measure at least clear np the mystery. ! wlth Mr 0 , A . en and a9 we rtaoh ed the
There is no donbt whatever at present ^ tb j rd d oori i heard a racket in Cooper’s
iu the minds of the jurymen concerning . rconii we walked down the hall to the
the manner of the negro’s death. They j door whioh wa9 open .
are morally c rtain that Jones was mur | -When I reached the door, Cooper
dered and his body placed beneath the j aud x ;cker90Di who were drinking, were
trestle in the hope that it would be eUka(l ,,, d j n a heated conversation. The
thought that he had been knocked oil i bo8t j con i d gather about it was that it
by a passing train, but to get the evi- bad fiome thiug to do abont bathing.
dollars, if the road is built.
The proposition met with the favora
ble consideration of the memb.Ts of th**
Chamber if C >mmexc** ai.d they decided
to pur up tne money. Trmddeut Michael 1
made a few remarks before tho meeting
closed, in which he ixpressed the opin
ion that the prop is d road would be of
great ben* tit to Atnens and that he was
satisfied tint the people of Athens
would do their full s.har* towards he cur
ing the road.
1 *r« sident Michael appointed the fol- deuce necessary to bear out this coc-
lowiug committee to g**t up the three viction is a difficult undertaking,
hundred dollars that Athens is expected a certain witness haa disappeared
to put up for the preliminary survey :. since tlie beginning of the inquest and
Messrs. ,1. .1. Strickland, J. F. Rhodes, tt is believed that he knows more about
Harry Hodgson and H, .1 Kiwo. The the matter than he has yet told or that
committee will begin its work at once he is willing to tell,
and there will b« no trouble in securing The jury is satisfied that there is a
the necessary amoout. woman mixed np in the affair and that
to secure this road a quarrel about her was the impelling
Tim move m
started a few
yeir« sirc3
when Mr. ; motive in the killing of Jones.
Dortch was mayor of Carnesville, and I aimply a belief, and it will require evi-
he has been working upon it assiduously dence to bank it up. The jury believes
for quite a while. He has put into this there is a possibility of unearthing that
movement a great deal of time and eL- evidenc e
ergy and deserves much credit for it The physician, Dr. S. H Dillard, who
He is ably baeke 1 by Mayor Ayt-r? and examined the body of the dead negro at
the people of C irnesvil'e and the people the instance of the jury, says that he
of Athens will put themselves behind could not have met his death by falling
him in the movement in strong shape. from the trestle or being knocked from
Messrs Dortch and Ayers returned to it by a train without his body having
leas' five thousand dollars more and j Carnesville yesterday and will at once shown evidence of the fall. He is of i protested that he was not s*ofc aud said
perhaps a little more than that could be notify Mr Morgan To s- il l out his engi- the opinion that the negro was sand-
secored from the people living between neer and proceed to make the prelimi- bagge d, or possibly that he was poisoned.
Carnesville and Athens, as soon as the nary survey of the road. The jury will make every effort to
road is located. That would leave . .. ^ unearth the witnesses and to discover
abont ten thousand dollars and possibly AIllClllcUIS .yiRCJC ^ mlllCrS. the murderer. The last seen of the ne-
less for the people of Athens to raise toj %i ,» gro was the morning before the body
“Just then Nickerson said to Cooper,
‘Cooper, I’m not afraid of you or any
other of .* As he said this
Cooper stepped to his trunk, pulled out
his pistol aud aiming iu the direction of
the window, fired. The ball went
through the blinds. I do not thins
Cooper intended to hit him They then
clinched and Cooper struck him ^over
the head two or three
“After they were separated, Cooper
goi the bowl and water aud helped
bathe Nickerson’s head. Nickerson
protested all along that ho was not shot
or badly hurt. Cooper started (ut into
the hall and Nickerson followed him
In a moment I noticed that Cooper was
gone.”
When The Bauner representative ap
peared on tho scene, Nickerson again
M-
Bl
Phin /./, Robert \V*
I amkin and E. B. Cohoa nave returned
from Atlanta, wlure th-y were made
jnumbe.Bof the My-tic Shrine in Yaarab
| Temple Wednesday night. There are
j only two cither Shrim rs in Athens,
I Messrs B. F. Hardeman and J. D. Sin
I clair.
WENT VISITING
What 5he I earned at the Old Home.
was found, and between that time and
the time of his death the jury has been
uuable to secure evidence to account for
his whereabouts.
ABOUT BASEBALL
It has been tuggested that one repre-
seenre tho road.
The understanding with Mr. Morgan
is that the money so rais.d is to be ex
p«ndi d by a local board of directors for |
work actually done iu the construction |
of the road, and is to be paid ont as th.
work proceeds.
Ma.xorS. M. Ayers, of Carnesville,
made a few remarks in which he stated
that the people of his otty were v. ry
anxious to secure a railroad aud that
I After being away from the old home
they preferred, if possible, that the road r yor 9 Mr9 f tl | ks 8( Illet , m , _ R0 ba ck aud sentative from each of the local baseball
should run to Athens The, were art- find s line m pri-ing changes. An Olio teams in Athens meet and arrange a
i.fied that it would be to their advantage | lady says: "1 learned something vain regular schedule of games for the cliam-
to get into close commuuica ion with j “*>**■ “boot e< flVe when I went home. I p iousb j p of ,i 19 town and a i 80 a( j 0 pt
. j . . ... „ ,, j I had been sick all the time with heart
,h s city, and a road ta Athens wen.d do , tronble Md h( . a()acht . 8 and Dged a grea , rules as to who shall play on the differ-
th.... ... .re good than to any other place. - d( , al of medicice wlth0Ilt „,. tliuK btUtr . ent teams.
Nevertheless they were obliged to have j one time I went to my o'd home on a It is probable that this suggestion will
a railroad in ordsr to develop their town, j visit and there found my father and adopted and that a regular schedale
and if this pr. j ct failed ihey would »> olh " Poetont Food Ccffee and of game8 wU1 be made np> wbich W M
1 both fe.-ling so fiuo and well.
Th.y both b.gg.ri me to try Postun.! insQre the P e0 P le of A,hene tt °° n ' idera
lave to seek another route. The, stood
ready to do their fall part and a H tie
more to build the road, and relied upop
Athens, who would also be greatly bene
fited, to assist iu the constraciion or
the road.
Ool J. J Strickland made remarks,
ahowin ? that he was heartily In favor
of the construction of the road and
pointing ont the many advantages such
• road would be to the city and her busi
ness iuterests.
A number of the gentlemen present
took part in the discussion and asked
several questions of Mr. Dortoh in order
to get the facts as to the movement
thoroughly in mind.
Mr. Dortob stated that he bad written
t.Mr Moigsn, asking him to have a
preliminary snrvry of the road made in
order to get an idea of the location,
whereby the subscriptions of the people
living between Athens and Oarnesville
might be the more easily secured and
the woik of obtaining the right of way
and I finally did so to please them and to i hie amount of fan during the hot season
my great surprise I began to improve j
lmmi(Lately. After u.iug I’cstnm in 1AIII I Dlllj R DflTTAPC
place of c. ffee for a short time the heart j yy ||_L DUILU UU 1 1 HUL
trouble stopped entirely aud did not re- i
turn except when 1 tried some coffee! RM Tlir Ofl i 11 Elf ADD
while on a visit to a friend's house. Now U|y | j|j_ [jULILL V HilLI
we use Fostum txoiusiv ly iu onr familj ,
and hnsbaml and ills children enjoy the j Another new house is to go up on the
flue drink as much as I do and we are Boulevard at an early date, Offloer H.
.... . 1 N Thomas, of the Athens police de-
"There is a lady living near us w ho
had been sick for years, doctoring all j
the time aud not getting any better.
We sold her a prekage of our Postnm
and now they use it all the time and
she is better than for years before
and says Fostum did it all. Her name
cottage. The work on the new cottage
‘I enclose the names of my father
and mother who are fine healthy exam
ples of the advantages of using Postnm
in the place of coffee. All the above
names given by Postnm Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
it was jast a little scrimmage. Mr,
Walter Cooper was there and was bath
ing Nickerson’s head Nickerson said
to him : "it’s all right Walter, we’re all
good friends."
Dr. J. C. Bloomfield was sent for and
came in a few mniutes. He examine
the wounds aud said that they were
not at all serious He said that they
were flesh wonuds evidently made by
beating and n- tby a ballet
It was hard to get at the real cause of
tho trouble, as Nickerson was bent on
saying nothing about the affair, and pro
tested all the while that it was a mere
scrimmage aud that he was friendly
with the man who struck him
The < dicers will attempt to locate
Cooper todav if he does nottnrn np.
SHACKELFORD TO
H0LDH1S PLACE
Will Not Give Up Seat in
General Assembly to En
ter Another Race.
LUCY COBB TAX CASE
HAS BEEN DECIDED
Supreme Court of Georgia Affirms Judge Russell’s De
cision and Holds That the Institute Property is Ex
empt From Taxation. Chief Justice Simmons
Delivered Dissenting Opinion on Subject.
The Athens Gnards are getting ready
to leave for the encampment of the
Third Georgia Regiment, which will be
held in Augusta from the tith to the 18th
of July.
Capt. W. A. Capps is satisfied that he
will be able to carry forty men on the
trip, and if he can the Gnards will cer
tainly pat np a splendid appearance.
The Gnards will leave Athens for
Camp McKenzie Monday morning July
•!th and will at that place join the other
eleven companies of the Third Regiment
and the ten companies of the First regi
ment.
OaDt. J. M. McOnrdy, of this oity,
who is regimental commissary, has been
appointed temporary quartermaster.
The camp at Augusta will be under
the command of Col K. U. Thomason,
of the Third regiment.
Commissary McCnrdy is already at
work preparing for the encampment,
getting everything in readiness for the
feeding oi the troops that will be there.
Every indication points to one of the
most pleasant and most beneficial en
campments yet held in the state.
.BROTHERS
YOU COME TODAY
And Secure Some Unprece
dented Values in Sum
mer Wearables.
NOW SAID BUSSELL
WILL OPPOSE FISH
Rumors Has it That He is
Not After Judge Sim
mons’ Seat.
A few days since The Banner contain
ed a news it^m to the effect that it wps
rumored that Judge It. B. Russell would
oppose Judge T. J. Simmcus next year
for the position of Chief Justice of the
Supreme court.
There is now a rumor ailoat to the
effect that the vacancy for which Judge
Russell is contemplating being a candi
date is the seat on the supreme court
which is now occupied by Judge W. H.
Fish, who is a candidate for re-election
and who is opposed already by Judge B.
D. Evans. The entry of Judge Hassell
would make it a three cornered fight.
It is uot known whether Judge Has
sell will be a candidate for either .place,
as he has not made any expression in re
gard to the matter. Still, the rumors
are dying and it would not be surpris
ing if he were to become a candidate.
T
Fully Twenty Teachers to
Come to Athens From
That Countv.
NOTE PRICES
2? inch White China Wash Silks,
rolar 75c grade, at 50 cents a yard.
All 50<* Wash Silks now 35 cents a
yard.
Oar entire line of 35o Embroidered
Swiss, in a beautiful line of coloriugs,
to go at 20 cents a yard.
25c Madras reduced to 15 cents a yard.
10c a yard for Madras that has been
silling for 15 cents.
15c Muslins at 12* a cents a yard.
$1.00 Shirt Waists now 75 cents.
$1.50 Shirt Waists now $1.15.
$2.50 Shirt Waists to go at $1.75.
25c Cotton Foulards now 12*.jo a yard,
SUMMER REQUISITES i
Menneu’s Talcum Powder 15 "cents a '
b ix.
Pear’s Soap 11 cents a cake.
Caticura Soap 19 cents a cake.
Ammonia 8 cents a bottle.
Colgate’s Cashmere Bouquet Soap 21
cants a cake.
Glovine 25 cents a bottle.
SPECIALS
Complete line of Tranks, Dress-Suit
Cases and Hand Bags for Ladies and
Gentlemen.
MICHAEL BROS.
Among the counties that will be wel!
represented at the University of Georgia
Summer School will be the county of
Thomas.
Supt Wardlaw, of the Thomasville
schools, says that there will be at leaE’t
fifteen aud probably as many as twenty
of the teachers in that county who will
come to Athens to take advantage of
the facilities nf the summer school.
The interest iu the summer school in
that section of the state is pronounced
and many of the teachers of the ex
treme southern portion of the state will
The Supreme court of Gecrgia haa de
cided the Lucy Cobb tax case aud as a
result of the decision that institution Is
declared not subject totaxatiou.
Tnis decision applies to Emory Col
lege, Mt-rc^r University au<i other insti
tutions of learning in tee state, and
will bo welcomed by their friends with
great pleasure.
The case went up from this county ai
a test case and has aroused a great deal
of iuterest all over the state. It was
recognized that the decision would con
trol a number of other institutions and
that gave it an additional interest.
The following are the head notes of
the decision :
Linton, tax collector, v. Lucy Cobb In
stitute. Injunction. Before Judge
Russell. Clarke Superior court.
Lamar, J. —1. Where the constitution
productive property is taxable, even
though tho income be used for
charitable or educational purposes. But
buildiugs used as a college may be ex
empt frojn taxation, even if in the opera
tion of the institution income is derived
from tuiiion feoa.
2. Tuition is a charge made for in
struction, rather than as rent for the
use of the buildings iu which the in
struction is imparted.
3. Prior to tho adoption of the consti
tution of 1877, “all buildings erected for
and used as a college, incorporated acad
emy, or other seminary of learning,"
3rer<ty***l from taxation, although
students were charged'for attendance.
4. The same language was incorporat
ed iu the constitution of 1877, and was
intended to contiune the right of the
legislature to preserve existing exempt
ions, aud the proviso that «»he property
so exempted be uot used for purposes of
private or corporate profit or income,"
was not iuteuded to destroy the exemp
tion already granted, whether inciden
tal income or derived from the opera
tion of the chatitable or educational in
stitution.
5. Neither before nor since the present
constitution was a tax exemption loBfc by
reason of the fact that tuiiion fees were
charged, where the fees themseltes
were not used for the purpose of private
or corporate profit or income, but were
appropriated to the maintenance of the
institution.
G. This rniiug is supported by the con-
be here during the session of that school.
Prof. Wardlaw is natii-fied that quite temporaneous, uniform, and lon K con-
partment, has purchased the lot on the
Boulevard just beyond the place where
Mr. J. N. Williamson lived for a num
ber of years, and is now hauling lumber
there with which to erect a six room
Desserts for the whole year tell in the
r -c.pe bonk in each package of Grape-
Nnts.
will be started some time during the
summer.
flOO-Dr. E. Detohon’s Anti-Dinretlo
may be worth to yon more than $100 If
.on have a child whosoils bedding from
incontioaei.ce of water daring sleep.
Cares old and young alike. It arrests
the trouble at once. |l. Sold by H. B.
Palmer & Sons., Druggists, Athens, Ga.
Hon T. J. Shackelford will not resign
from the general assembly to make the
race for the Bolicitofship of the Western
circuit next year. The Banner stated
a few days ago that it was probable Mr.
Sbaokelford would resign t> make the
race. The fact that he will not resign
comes from Mr. Shackelford himself.
It is understood, however, that Mr.
Shackelford will make the race for the
solicitorship next year. It is also re
ported that Hon. W. R. Little, of Frank
lin oonnty, will be a candidate for solic
itor general. Hon O. H. Brand, the
present solicitor general, reserves the
right to ran for the place again if he de
sires, as he stated in a card in The Ban
ner a few days ago.
The way to regain yonr health after
sickness is to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla—
it tones the whole system.
his Last hope Realized.
[Prom the Sentinel. Gebo, Mont
In tl.e first opening of Oklahoma to
settlers in 1S89, the editor of this paper
was among the many seekers after for
tune who made the big race one fine day
in April. Dating his traveling abont
and afterwards his oamping npon his
claim, he encountered much bad water,
which, together with the severe diar
rhoea which it seemed almost impossi
ble to check, and along in Jane the case
became so bad he expeoted to die. One
day one of his neighbors brought him
one small bottle of Chamberlain's Oolic,
Obolera and Diarrho-a Remedy as a last
hope. A big dose was given him while
be was rolling abont oa the gronnd in
great agony, and in a few mlnntea the
dose was repeated. The good effect of
the medicine was soon noticed and with
in an hoar the patient was taking his
first sonnd sleep for a fortnight. That
one little bottle worked a complete core,
and he cannot help bnt feel grateful.
The season fur bowel disorders being at
handsnggeets this item. For sale by H.
R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith &
Bro.
a number of the teachers who come will
desire board in private families if possi
ble, and one of the maiu things for the
committees in charge of accommoda
tions will be to get whatever accommo
dations of this kind may be desired.
FINE STALLION TO BE
BROUGHTTO ATHENS
It will be quite gratifviug to lovers of
well bred horses to learn that Mr. T. C
Dnun has succeeded in securing Jay
Boy, trial 2 :15 3-4 by Wilkes Boy and
he by the original Geo. Wilkes. Mr.
Dnnn will have him ut Dr. Jago's
stable to serve a limited number of
unproved mares until the 15th July,
when j? will turn him over to Mr. W.
P. Fallilove to train for the races next
Ootober. Mr. Dnnn thinks under Mr.
Fnllilove’s careful bundling Jay Boy
will leave a record on the Athens track
of 2 :12 or better.
Do You bnjiy What You Bat?
If yon don’t yoar food doss not do yon
much good. Kodol Dyspepsia Care is
the remedy that every one should take
when there is anything wrong with the
stomach. There is no way to maintain
the health and strength of mind and
body except by nourishment. .There is no
way to nourish except through the stom
ach. The stomach mast be kept healthy,
pare and sweet or the strength will let
down and disease will set np. No ap
petite, loss of strength, nervonsness,
headache, constipation, had breath, Boar
risings, rifting, indigestion, dyspepsia,
and all stomach troubles are qaickly
oared by the ase of Kodol Dyspepsia
Onre. Sold by The Orr Drag Go,
tiiiued oonstinct.cn of the const.tation
by all taxing officers, and has been ac
quiesced in by the 1- gislalive depart
ment of the government.
7. The property srught to he taxed
was donated and ns d solely for eilnca-
tional purposes. There wiis no capital.,
stock, there were no dividends, aud the
owners received no preii’s therefrom.
All the receipts w- re devoted txclnsively
to the pay of teachers, the maintenance
of the institution and thy repur of the
buildings The iujui cion was properly
granted to restrain the levy of the tex
ii. fa ; aud the judgment is
| Affirmed. Simmons, C. J.. dissents.
The other justices concur.
Simmons, O J.—The record disclos
ing that the bQild ngs were used for pur
pose of income, this case is controlled in
principal by that of Mnudy vs. Van
House, 104 Ga , 192, and other decisions
of this court which are therein cited.
A Good Thing.
German Syrnp is the special prescrip
tion of Dr. A. Boohee, a celebrated Ger
man physician, aud is acknowledged to
be one of the most fortnnate discoveries
in Medicine. It quickly cures doughs,
Golds and Lung troubles of the severest
nature, removing, as it does, the cause of
the affection und leaving the parts in a
strong and healthy condition. It is not
an experimental medicine, bnt haa stood
the teat of years, giving satisfaction In
every case, which its rapidly increasing
sale every season confirms. Two million
bottles sold annnally. Boschee's German
Syrnp was introduced in the United
States in 1868, and is now sold in every
town and village in the civilized world.
Three doses will telieve any ordinary
congh. Price 25 and 75 cts.
Count the dots.