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THE BANNfcR, 6UNDAY MdRNtNG. . DECEMBER 8, 1907.
THE ATHENS BANNER
Published Dally,'Sunday and Weakly.
H. J. ROWE,
Editor and Proprietor
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TELEPHONES: Business Office 75,
In the death of Mr. Thomas P. Olive
the city of Athens loses one of he
best citizens. Peace to his ashes.
Is the country in the midst of hard
times? That cannot be. for the gov
ernment is calling for seventy million
dollars for new warships.
Foraker threatens to put Taft ou
of business in Ohio, and having car
ried that state over Taft he hope:
to shelve the big secretary for good.
Atlanta is going to get tnat new
pump, but there are some who ar
already dissatisfied with it. Atlant
people can be satisfied on all almos
anything but a piimtip.
Tbe banks say the people are hoard
lng the cash and the people say tli
banks are hoarding it. Now. whoeve
is hoarding it. will confer a favor by
turning it loose in larger amount:
CHAINGANG FOR PISTOL T0TER8.
The brutal murder of Officer Manler
of tbe Atlanta police force, by a drunk
en negro but illustrates in a most
forceful manner the necessity for a
crusade against the carrying of con
cealed weapons that will wipe out
that practice in this state. The law
is on the statute books of the state
and is penalty ample to break up
the practice if the officers and the
courts and the juries do their duty.
It is not such an awrul hard Job to
discover the carrying of concealed
weapons. "When a man is arrested
on any charge whatsoever and
weapon is found on his person, he
should at once be bound over on the
charge of carrying concealed weapons,
rhe juries should promptly convict
and the courts should do the vest.
Tlie law of Georgia gives the presid
ing judge the right to send the offen
der to tlie county chaingang for s
IKiio.i of iwelev months. As a rule
the man convicted of carrying conceul-
d weapons is let off with a fine of
Ifty or seventy-five dollars. Let the
-ourts have lint one punishment fcr«
this offense. Let them send tile of
fenders to the gang for the limit of
the law. if such is practiced by the
courts in this state a while there will
Ik- fewer concealed weapons.
A man will hesitate a long time be
fore he will put a weapon In his po-k-
et, if he knows there is a certainty of
twelve months in the gang if he is
caught.
While it is true that quite a num
ber of young white men are in the
habit of carrying pistols in their
pockets, this practice is not so pre
valent with the whites as it is with
rhe negroes. In cities you might
round up a crowd of negroes oil the
streets nu,1 in a. majority of cases
von would find pistols in their pockets.
I, n |, t,, tin" courts to stop this
practice. It is striking at the very
fotindatu ns of peace and good order
in Georgia. If aliened to go on as r
has in the past the carrying of con
cealed weaimns will sooner or later
result* in riot of the most seriens kind.
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4 THIS DATE IN HI8TORY. 4
4 December 8. 4
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4 1775—Siege of Quebec began. 4
4 184—Jefferson Davis entered the-4
house of representatives 4
4 from Mississippi. 4
1818—Joel Chandler. Harris, au- 4
thor, born at Eatonton, <?a. 4
1850—Robert E. Pattison* gover- 4
nor Pennsylvania, born. Died 4
August, 1, 1904. * * 4
4 1854 — Immaculate conception 4
• proclaimed by the Pope. x 4
4 1861—Eruption of Mout Vesuvius 4
4 and destruction of Torre del 4
4 Greco. ' 4
4 1862—General Grant ordered Gen 4
4 eral Sherman to advance on 4
4 Vicksburg.
4 1863—Church of La Campania, 4
4 Santiago, chili, burned with 4
4 loss of 2.00 lives,
f 1881—Nearly 500 persons perish- 4
♦ ed in the burning of the Ring 4
Theatre in Vienna.
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"THIS IS MY 48TH BIRTHDAY.
Archbishop O’Connell.
Archbishop William Henry’ O'Con
nell, successor cf ttie venerable Arch
Bishop Williams as head of the Ro
mani Catholic province of Boston, was
born in ixrwell. Mass., December
1859, and was educated In the
schools there. Later he was graduat
ed from tile Boston College and en
tered the North American College in
Rome in Isst. Four years later h
ordained a priest and remained in
Italy. In 1895 he was made rector of
the North American College. In 1901
he returned to America to becom
Bishop cf Portland. Me. Prior to leav
inf Rome he was consecrated In the
Church of St. John l^teran. He re
md in Portland hut a few years
when he was named as co-adjutor to
Archbishop Williams of Boston with
the right of succession. In January
1904. a further lienor was bestowed
upon his through his appointment as
assistant at the pontifical throne.
Henry. G\ Davis, of West Virginia
almost ninety years old, is thinkin
about marrying a young woman in
that state. Consequently ho is not
worrying his brain about the vice
presidency.
Attention is called to the able nr
tide by Hon. Joseph M. Brown on th,-
attitude of the administration in Geot-
gla toward the question, of freight
rates. The argument of Mr. Brown
is unanswerable.
Athens will soon have the largest
old line life insurance company in the
South. The charter has been granted
and the company will be thoroughly
organized at once.* This company i c
sure to succeed and its success means
much for Athens.
The early Christmas shopper gets all
the advantages of the full stocks and
the time In which to carefully pick out
the articles needed. The shoppers
know all this, hut they just will put
off the shopping until Santa Claus
hitches up his reindeers and gets
ready to distribute his gifts to the chi!
dren.
The Birmingham Age-Herald objects
to the proposed tax on merchants in
that city, which is to be levied to
make up for the deficit caused by cut
ting off the saloon revenue, and sug
gests the propriety of levying a street
tax of three dollars per head. The
point made by the Age-Herald Is well
taken.
Even the railroads are admitting
that the problem of transportation Is
now beyond their control or solution
and are asking the government to im
prove waterways throughout the coun
try to draw ofT some of the traffic that
is offered them. In other words, the
business growth of the country is far
beyond that of the railroads and the
question of moving freight has now be
come one of the most serious concern
in this country.
The democrats are preparing for a
campaign all along the line next year.
A strong attempt is going to be made
to capture the national house of repre
sentatives. There is no hope of se
curing a majority of the senators, as
•that body is. hopelessly republican for
years to come, but it would b^ a very
great help to the party if the house
were democratic. While the senate
could balk democratic, movements,
still all matters of expenditure of mon
ey would have to pass the house and
that would practically place the demo
cratic jjaitjr in control of the financial
■Ua$fk>B so far as governmental ex
penditures are concerned.
The Jamestown exposition will he
ipened again n-'xt. year and an effor
made to make some money with which
to pay off the indebtedness. The ex
position iii-xt year would doubtless be
much more attractive than ever, hut
it is doubtful whether it would at
tract enough people to make It a pay
ing venture.
HENCE THE FALL.
‘Ef Satan wuz once In Heaven, how-
cunt he didn’t stay dor?”
"He couldn't stand prosperity—po
devil!"—Atlanta Constitution.
THE DIFFERENCE.
"I find I can wear my last year's
jvercoat again," chirped the optimist
"I find I'll have to." growled the
pessimist."— Istuisville Courier-Jour
nal.
WeakKidneys
Weak Kidnor*. *nrely point to weak kidney
Serves. The Kidneys, like the:Heart, and the
Stomach, find their weakness, not in the organ
itself, but in the nerves that control and guide
and strengthen them. Dr. Shoop’s Restorative is
a medicine specifically prepared to reach these
controlling nerves. To doctor the Kidneys alone,
is futile. It is a waste of time, and of moaey as
well.
If your back aches or is weak. If the urine
jealds. or is dark and strong, if you have symptoms
of Brights or other distressing or dangerous kid-
-iey disease, try Dr. Shoop’s Restorative a month—
Tablets or Liquid—and see what it can and will
jo for you. Druggist recommend and sell
ir. Shoop’s
Restorative
H. R. PALMER & SONS.
STATE AFFAIRS.
Times-Enterprise.
Senator Clay of Georgia has Intro
duced two prohibition bills in the sen
ate. AVonder If Jim Griggs will come
across In the house?
Times-Recorder.
Senator Bacon has Introduced a
bill for a canal from Chattanooga to
Brunswick. That the early bird catches
The worm is evidently one of the
beliefs of the canal boomers.
Oglethorpe Journal.
It would be a shame for Hoke to
assemble tbe legislature after all
the pretty fall weather had gone.
Dublin Times.
When such eminent authorities as
Grover Cleveland, William .1. Bryan
and Tom Watson fail to harmonize up
on the best remedy for our financial
Ills, w-e smaller Cry are excusable
when we butt in and express a few
ideas."
Waycross Herald.
Over the front door of a Macon bar
room is said to he this sign:
•Hush little barroom, don't you cry.
You'll he a drug store by and by."
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♦ TOMORROW'S DATE
4 IN HISTORY. 4
♦ Dcember 9. 4
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4 4
♦ 17S6—Sierra Leone founded as 4
4 an asylum for destitute ne- 4
groes from the United States 4
4 and West Indies. * 4
4 1779—Moritz netzsch. celebrated 4
4 German artist, born- ejired 4
4 July 11, 1857. 4
4 1798—King 'of Sardinia, abdicat- 4
4 ed. 4
4 1S24—Peruvians achieved inde- 4
4 pendence by defeating the 4
4 Spaniards at Ayacucho. 4
4 1844—Bill for the annexation of 4
4 Texas introduced in both 4
4 hous, s of congress. 4
4 1856— Father Matthew, apostle 4
4 of temperance, died in Ire- 4
4 land. 4
4 1874—Ezra Cornell, founder of 4
4 Cornell University. died.
Born January 11, 1807.
1897 Strike of cotton mill oper
atives at Atlanta. Ga.
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Bargain
'n a Two-Acre Lot. 5-Room
House in Good Condition.
Large Barn. Entire lot
fenced in Splendid black
maie worth $17• ; fine cow
worth $5 .0. ’, good buggy
tnd wagon, and fa:m imple
ments Party going to sell
out. This is a fine bargain
for some one. Propeity
wor;h $5 C. More than own
er will sell for.
Let Us Show You This
• Property.
J. R. Crane & CoT
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4 The Athens Hardware Co. deals 4
f era in Hardware, Cutlery, ’Guns, *
4 Woodenware, etc. Garden Hose, 4
4 Lawn Mowers, Ice Cream Free- 4
4 era. etc. 243 and 250 Broad 4
4 Street 4
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TOMORROW IS MY
56TH BIRTHDAY.
Thomas H. Paynter.
Thomas H. Paynter, who recently
took his seat in the United States
Senate as one of the two representa
tives of Kentucky, was horn Decem
ber 9, 1851. on a farm in the moun
tainous region of Lewis, Kentucky. Af
ter graduating from Center College
he studied law at Vanoeburg, and
was admitted to the bar in 1873. He
began his public career as county at
torney of Greenup county, which of
fice he held from 1876 to 1882. He
was elected to congress from the
Ninth district in 1SSS, and was twice
re-elected. He then became chief
justice of the Kentucky cort of ap
peals, and was on the bench when
most of the Goebel election laws, Goe
bel contest for governor, and Goebel
assassination cases were handled* by
the court." He Is identified with the
Beckham wing of the Democratic par
ty in Kentucky, and a year ago was
chosen by the legislature as the suc
cessor of J. C. S. Blackburn in the
United States senate. Senator Payn
ter Is a man of commanding physi
que, and is considered a brilliant law
yer.
Times-Enterprise.
A whole carload of peaches and
prunes for the city of Athens, 5
the Banner. Cheer up college boys
we lived through it with great ease
and Weston, the fameus walker, says
prunes are the best sort of food for
athletes. - What better recommends
tion could you wish.
Times-Recorder.
Like Gov. Comer, of Alabama, t!
Georgia Railroad Commission int<
pret and enforce the IsRv or not
they see fit. They have just appron
an annual pass issued to the wife of
a former employe of the Central
The recent addition to tlie commission
started an expansion cf powers which
the old body did not care to assume
News-Herald.
From re]iorts from the second <lis
trict, it looks like Griggs will liav
something like a walkover, though
the friends of Rcddenberry state th
Hoke Smith will come down and
help him out, before the • primary
comes off. Of course he will do nc
such thing, as that would ruin both
Smith and Roddenberry, as the peo
ple would certainly resent outside in
terference in their local affairs.
Times-Recorder.
What the railroad commission needs
now is a rate expert. With that ad
Junct the people would tie saved
large sum, says Chairman McLendon
First it was two new members, then
a secretary, then a lawyer an-1 now
its a rate expert. At this rate a rail
road commission will be a more te
rible bugaboo to the tax payers than
any past extortion of the railroads.
Greensboro Journal.
The Dublin Courier-Dispatch very
correctly notes that Governor Hoke
Smith has named a long list of dele
gates to attend the National River
and jlarhors Congress, and although
Atlanta is miles from a navigable riv
er, a third of the delegates are named
from that city. Not a town or county
on the Oconee, from where the river
takes its rise in the northern part of
tlie state to where it empties into
the Altaamaha, secured a representa
tive. In making the appointments
Athens, Greensboro. Duplin, Mount
ernon. Lumber City and other towns
interested In the improvements of the
Oconee, were given the marble heart.
Here’s Good Advice.
O. S. Woolever, one of the best
Known merchants of Le Raysviile, N.
*., says: "it you are ever troubled
with plies, apply Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve. It cured me of them for good
zP years ago.” Cures every sore,
wound, burn or abrasion. 25 at W. J.
dmlth & Bro., H. R. Palmer & Sons
drug stores.
causes a free yet gentle action of the
bowels fhrough which the cold is
forced out of the system. Children
like 1L Contains no opiates nor nar
cotics. Sold by all druggists.
3?bo Kind You llr.vo Always Bought, and wlxicli has been
In use for over CO years, has borno the signature of
and lias been made nnctfr his per-
sonal supervision slnco Its infancy,
” Allow no one to deceive yon in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are but
Experiments that trill© with and endanger tlie health of
Infants and Children-—Espei.’euce against Experiment.
What is CASTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute <’or Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops ami Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrluea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA -ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK C^TT
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i SANITOL
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4 $2.70 Worth of Sanitol j
i Preparations For $1.00. •
i For particulars apply to j
! H.R.Palmer & Sons 1
So Tired
It may be from overwork, but
the chances are its from an in
active i ilien -
With a well conducted LIVER
one can do mountains of labor
without fatigue.
It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity.
It can be kept i n healthful action
by. and only by
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE,
About Digestion"
It Is not the quantity of food taken
bat tbe amount digested and assimi
lated that gives strength and vitality
to the system. Chamberlain’s Stom
ach and Liver Tablets invigorate the
stomach and liver and enable them
to perform their functions. The re
sult Is a relish for your food, lncreas-
Kennedy s Laxative Cough Syrup' ed, strength and weight, greater en
durance and a clear head. Price, 25
cents. Samples free. For sale by
H. B. Palmer & Sons, Warren J.
Smith & Bro., L. P. Canning, 'E. C.
McEvoy, Orr Drug Co., Athens, Ga.
HY should you burn
a hod of coal and make the
whole house uncomfortably
warm just to heat aflat iron?
Try the ELECTRIC METHOD
“Nothing hot but the iron”
Simple, safe, sure, economical,
clean,always ready. Heat turns on
ami ofT like an incandescent lamp
ELECTRIC FLATIRONS ON TRIAL
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ATHENS ELECTRIC RAU WAY CO.
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M. Stern, Pret. M. G. Michael, Vice Pret. G. A. Melt, Cathier-
B. Y. Harris, Assistant Cashier.
The Athens Savings Bank
Does a Regular Commercial Business.
Has a Savings Department and Pays 4 Per Cent Interest on
Sa/ings Accounts,
DIREC TORS.
M. G. Michael,
J. A. Hunnlcutt,
T. 8. Mell,
L. F. Edward*.
Dtuprte Hunmcutt
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M .Stern,
W. T. Bryan,
G. A. Mell,
C. H. Phinlzy.
John L. Arnold
Headquarters for Wall paper, glass and pure Paints
He gives his special attention to contracting for house
and sign painting, paper hanging and picture framing.
At same old stand.
Corner Clayton and Jackson Streets.