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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1907.
THE ATHENS BANNER
Published Dally, Sunday and Weakly
H. J. ROWE.
Editor and Proprietor
THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER U
delivered by carriers *n the city, or
mailed, postage free, to any address
the following rates: $5.00 per year.
$250 for six months. $1.25 for thrse
months, or 10 cents a week
The Weekly or Sunday Banner $150
per year, 50 cents for six months. In
variably Cash In advance
Remittances may be made by ex
press, post office money order or regie
tered letter.
THE BATTLESHIP GEORGIA.
On the battleship “Georgia*’ there
is a silver service presented by th<*
people of this stat* which was mad*-
possible by the indefatigable work <>t
Miss Louise DuBose, of this city. For
months this young lady wrote letters
and organized a Camapign of educa
tion on the line of partiotism on the
part of our people to donate a sum
sufficient for the purchase of a ..silver
service which would be in keeping
with the occasion and at the same
time a credit to the state for white:
the battleship was named. The
amount, ten thousand d'dlars. was
subscribed and the service purchased;
the service was presented on Georgia
Day at the Jamestown exposition in
the presence o fthousands of Geor
gians and citizens from all sections
of the world. President K osevelt
was present and participated in the
exercises; army and navy officers,
representing all the fort ign countries
were present; the gift of the service
from the people of Georgia was her
alded from one section of the country
tx> the other by associated news ser
vice; and the many towns and cities
which have their names engraved on
the service are today receiving the
honor and attention of tin* people of
this country, and in every countr\
where this ship is anchored, for then-
liberality in donating the amount
sufficient fer its purchase. After all
the honor, after all tin- patriotism
shown by our citizens there are quite
a number of towns and cities which
are enjoying the distinction of having
their names appear on the .-ervir •
and not one cent of tie ir subscrip
tions have been paid. Is it right i<>
these places to receive the benefit-!
without paying their part? We think
not. and feel that when the matter N
brought to their attention through
the press of the state each town am!
city which has subscribed will duti
fully make up the amount which ha*
been credited to them and forward
a remittance to Miss Du Hose, ;it Ath
ens. Surely Miss DuBoso will not b-
expected to pay the balance which I -
due the jeweler. $f*0b.25, while the va
rious places which are due the
amounts sufficent to pay in full the
jeweler’s bill sit idly by and do no;
make an effort to raise the amount of
the obligations made by th»ir citizen**
The promise to pay notes have been
made; will the people o fthese town*
repudiate them?
The Atlanta Constitute n. comn.en’
Ing editorially on the subject h is tli”
following to say;
“A balance of $ HO is --till due on
the silver service presented by the
people of this state to the battleship
“Georgia." The deficiency is divided
among several towns and cities which
guaranteed Miss Ivoiiise Du Hose, of
Athens, the sponsor for the move
ment, specified contributions toward
the total. The names of these towns
and cities are already engraved on
the service, so that wherever tho bat
tleship goes they are receiving credit
In common with the communities
which have fully discharged their ob
ligations.
“This is not fair to the prompter
towns and cities, to Miss DuBose or
lo the firm that supplied the service.
"It is the routine practice in clubs
and other cooperative organizations
to “post’ in a conspicuous place the
names of delinquent members, side
by side with the amount involvel. The
method generally brings results, since
few men desire that their friends or
the public should know that they have
not met obligations to which they
voluntarily hound themselves.
“The Constitution mentions no
names and it is not the desire of th-"*
sponsor for the “Georga” fund to have
recourse to the plan of making pub
lic the names of the delinquent towns
and the amounts unsettled.
“If, however, litigation for the un
paid balance or other development'
should ibe the means of such ex
posure, we are quite sure that, none
of these progressive, well-to-do towns
or cities would relish this form of
advertising.
“They are amply able, by appropria
tion or public subscription, to make
up the amount to which they pledged
themselves.
“We arc convinced that the towns
and cities which shall be nameless
for the present, are too commendably
proud of their financial and civic
standing to accept credit before tha
world for a patriotic distinction to
world for a patriotic distinction to
which they are not. *;et eutit e.i'
tiomjble at this time of the year. It
is manifestly improper to - make
Christmas a time of drinking and
carousal. It is likewise improper to
indulge so much in the use of fire
works.
We would not take away from child
hood the innocent enjoyment of fire
crackers, but the use of the large can
non crackers, torpedoes and the like
is clearly dangerous for children and
in the case of grown people is inex
cusable.
To make Christmas a time of inter
minable noise, aregular bedlam as it
were, is not in keeping with the sa
cred nature of the day and should be
discountenanced.
Tile Banner hopes that the people
of Athens will disapprove of this pro
miscuous use of fireworks. Certainly
th**y should obey the law and keen
within the limits prescribed by th**
law. Tint is to be expected of law-
abiding citizens. The law is a good
one and should be enforced, and the
police authorities should he upliel i
in the enforcement of it. loot’s pass
one quiet Christmas in Athens, free
from tin* abomination of cannon
ckers and torpedoes.
ABOUT PANICS.
Within the memory of the present
generation there have been feur pan
ics in this country and it is interest
ing to note the dates and circumstan
ces surrounding them. The panic of
l >7?. was one of the greatest panics
of recent times in this country. It
came at a time when the democratic
party had control of neither branch
of tin- government. Grant was presi
ifint and the house and senate were
both republican.
The panic of ISM was of less
duration. It came when Arthur was
president and when the republican
pan v was chargeable with the di
rection of governmental affairs. The
p nic < f 1V»:J, which was a severe
panic, started within two months at
!• t lie* election of Grover Cleveland,
iii!' was in effect the result of republi
can legislation under the adniinistra
I ri.ui of Harrison. The democratic
party had not taken hold of tin- af
hairs of the government at the time
this panic canto ui>cn the country, ji
j a ,i.s p:\ic:ieally over IkM'oiv tin- term
I of Mr Cit v< land ended.
The piv.-tr.t panic has cccumd
eii 'rite.>dore Roosevelt has i ,• • -i.
i -;d-lit I * r six years and wln-a tin
hoi
j that th-
times.
art
’■jsolu
SENSELESS USE OF FIREWORKS.
The ordinances of the city forbid
the discharging of fireworks within
the fire limits and even outside the
fire limits the placing of torpedoes on
the street railway tracks Is forbid
den. The police authorities have been
instructed to enforce these ordinances
and the public shoulfi take notice.
The people in this country have n
queer way of celebrating Christmas.
It should be a day regarded aa a day
Ot Joy, hot there are different kinds
of Joy end some of them we objee-
I- «»f tdio republican paity.
democratic party bring.-* hard
• ritics about unset11--d < omii
lions in tli • cjuntry, causes busim-s.-
10 s*;’ -'.'.at' . *c. How is tlrs f r :i
record on ;ii<* panic qtt stion? U :
Hi. republican party escape :!■*• in»*v
ifablo conrd t-i**:i that tie' p- ejd
reach w 1 ■ < u -hey ileclar. that n publi
eanism is He- bi -cder of lack of con
fidcnoe in government?
CHAINGANG F£R PISTOL TOTERS
The brutal murder of Officer Manie
of the Atlanta police f .roe. by a drunk
en negro but illu.-trat .-> in a most
forceful manner tin* neeessit\ for ;
crusade against Gn* carrying of co:i
sealed weapons that will wipe mi.
that practice in G.i> state. Tin- law
is on the statute books of tile stat
and is penalty amp!,- t<> break up
the practice il* the < l!u*rs an ! tli
courts and tile juries do their duty.
It is not such tm awful hard Job to
discover the earning of concealed
weapons. When a man is arrested
on any charge whatsoever and a
weapon is found on his jhtsou, h •
should at once be bound over on the
charge of earning concealed weapons.
The juries should promptly convict
and the courts should do the rest.
The law of Georgia gives the presid
ing judge tile right to send the often
dor to the county chaingang for a
period of twelev months. As a rule
the man convicted of carrying conceal
ed weapons is let off with a line o.
fifty or seventy-five dollars. Let tli
courts have but on.* punishment for
this offense. Lei them send tne of
fenders to the gang for the limit of
the law. If such is practiced by tie*
courts in this state a while there will
lx* fewer conceal*.d weapons.
A man will hesitate a long time he
fore he will put a weapon in his po :k
et, if lie knows there is a certainty » f
twelve months in the gang if he i«
caught.
While it is? true that quite a num
ber of young white men are in th *
habit of carrying pistols in their
pockets, this practice is not so pro
valent with the whites as it is with
the negroes, in cities you might
round up a crowd of negroes on the
streets and in a majority of case*,
you would find pistols in their i>ockets.
It is up to the courts to stop this
practice. It is striking at the very
foundations of peace and good order
in Georgia. If allowed to go on os r
has in the past the carrying of con
cealed weapons will sooner or later
result in riot of the most serious kind.
BRYAN AND THE TARIFF.
As The Banner has pointed out time
and again, the democratic party can
do no better than go to *h» .
next jv*u on the tariff ivO.-.n issue
This is Site- issue above all ouurs that
jomir ii'-ds the attention of the people,
for it strikes at the root of all evils
In the economics of the country.
There is some opposition to Mr.
Bryan here and there throughout the
country, and lately it has cropped out
in Alabama. If it be analyzed, it will
be found to emanate chiefly from re
presentatives of the protected Indus
tries.
Representative Cooper, of Teams,'
strikes the nail on the head when he
"Tariff revision, or tariff reform has
'
been the rallying cry of the Autocrat
ic party for the past forty years. Up
on that issue we elected in 1884 and
re-elected in 1892 the only democratic
president chosen since 1S56. There
te, in my judgment,greater and more
imemdiate need for tariff revision
now than at any other period in our
history. True democrats recognize
this and are determined to make a
concerted and united effort to relieve
the people of the increasing burden of
unjust taxation Imposed upon them b>
the Dingley tariff. It will not escape
the attention of democrats that his lat
est opposition to Mr. Bryan and to ta
riff reform, of which he is an advo
cate. is voiced from the center of the
coal and iron industry of Alabama and
at a time when that, industry has pass
ed recently into the hands of the
steel trust, a corporation that is one
of the greatest beneficiaries of the
Dinglev tariff rates."
SHOULD TURN MONEY LOOSE.
Throughout the recent money panic
in this country there has been no city
in the South to get along better than
Alle ns. There has arose no necessity
re for the issuing of any clearing
house certificates. Tin re was no trou
ble for any depositor in getting his
own !i:oiii-y out of the banks whenever
he want* 1 it. The banks went right,
along leaning money on approved col
lateral. In fact the panic didn't hit
Athe ns as hard as it did other places.
Rut now tie* time lias come not onl**
in Athens but throughout the entire
country for the people to realize that
this has keen simply a scare and in
nality n.» real panic. If the people
would recover from their fright and
nun In's.* the hoarded money every
thing would case up in a remarkably
short time.
The (’kattanoogn N* \vs has the fol
lowing to say on this quest! n:
“Tilt* government lias called on
national hanks of tin* country foi
staieim-nt of condition at the cl
of business Dec* tuber 2. and the gen-
.-ml in-preV-ion is that tin* call will
slr.w that flu* country lias plenty of
ireney. Of this there can be no doubt.
The country never bad more mom"
in all of its history and the banks
a:--- in irood condition, so far as cash
is cone. rued. Th** trouble is. and has
been, that too much of this mone.*
in the hunks. 1* ought to be* in cit*
cu1i*!'.!i. th-reby discharging its nat
ural functions. A senseless fright
compel 1 .* d banks all ovt r the country
•o hoard their cash. But for this
mid
<» '..-•'-i; • . s. and no f- at* of a collaps
** \ di.-paH’h from (’iiicago publi^h-
•1 in yrstr'.day’s i sue of the Chatr--
a*.* -,a N-*ws said Hiat tie* banks . !
that city contained over SJOO.OOO.fiUO
• •f mom y. -• n«l that tin* banks through
out the West were likekiso full ot* it.
Doubt less, this is the condition all ov
*r tin* country, and what is needed
now more than all esle is a confidence
hat v.il' warrant the banks in turning
loose all of their idle cash to start
'he wheels of industry anew in al'
••arts of this country. Business lin*-
suffered considerably by reason of t.i*
recent panic, but we are confident tha
the crisis is pas.crd and that norm i
•on-litions will prevail within a she. t
time.
“Tin* South was never in better c >*.i-
lition than it is at the present time.
Three cotton crops aggregating n* :
lv IfMiuO.uOo hales, have been sc Id ;•«
an a\orage price of ten and a bait
cents per pound. The present crop is
a good oik*, and middling cotton is now
worth eb von rents. Ib ices are grad
ually advancing and the indications
are for at bast, a twelve cent marker
•vitkin throe we* ks. Such prices a-
r.o'.v fir* vail, however, are bound t>
bring an ther stream of wealth Inf a
the FouHi. 1’mb‘f such condition*
where is Hie sense of being afrii-1 of
;he future? Tn- re never was iti all
th** 1:ist<»ry of finance such a sonsc-
h-.-s i;anie rr t.; - •m'* :!.i uuh which
Hie country list ; recently pas.* 1. With
ill farm iroduc*s s lhng at high
prices, with big crops and abuml -ut
resources of * very kind, then* 1ms
been a scar** in all the financial cem
»* rs. We can n t con-' *i\e of a mo»' •
senseless tiling.
\Ye believe that the time lias conic
for the people and the banks to statu
together and put th** last, lingering
evidence of panic to flight. 1 h* y car
do it if they will.’’
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
As the holiday season approaches
every one has that restless feeling so
common in the lives of our people at
this s< ason of the year. We plan for
the occasion mouths In advance and
every one has a desire to enter into
the spirit of giving and usually jus-
before the day arrives, the crowds
surging from store to store make it
unpleasant is not impossible, to secure
suitable presents for those whom we
desire to remember. Many, however.
Cake time by the forelock and do tbei:
shopping days in advance. This cus
tom should be adopted by every one
and the crowds which gather on the
streets and in the stores would be
waited upon by the clerks with ease
and at the same time the purchsers
would get more desirable presents for
those to whom they wish to give than
by waiting until the last minute to
buy. Our merchants have bought an
unusually large stock of holiday goods
and a class bf goods as good as can
be found in any of the large cities of
the country.* They have the sales-
iorce to wait on you. They will store
your purchases for you until the giv
ing day arrives. You will profit by
buying now and at the same time help
the merchants and the clerks who are
working during the holidays from
twelve to fifteen hours a day and oa
their feet practically the whole time
Under these conditions, won’t you be
one to become an early shopper?
Athens people have always been
early buyers in a degree, but now that
Athens has grown into the big city
class, we must adopt the~methods best
suited for the convenience of the great
mass of people who are citizens of
this pfhee and in. doing so we are help
ing ourselves to make Christmas
shopping easy for every one.
Remember today, and do your shop
ping while you have the pick of the
many stocks now being displayed by
our merchants.
AOKI'S RETURN TO JAPAN.
The recalling of Ambassador Aofcl
bv the Mikado at this time is cal-
t ulated to cause considerable discus
sion and to make people indulge in
more or less talk about impending
war between the United States and
Japan. This is emphasized, as it
•.eve. by the fact that the American
win ships are soon to leave for Pacific
waters. Yet there is no reason why
the recall of the Japanese ambassa
dor should be taken as a dissatisfac
: mi the part of the Mikado with
the state of affairs between tli*.* two
nations
The fact. is. Ambassador A ki is
*1.1 and has practically served bis
day and generation. He wants to
L*o back home, ami the act of tin* Mi-
I- ado may he in an aver to his express,
e l wish. The s.-ntiments of tin* Jap-
niiese finders have been expressed *U
lecent months by numbers of the fore-
nai-l men *-f 'tin* nation, including tin*
i ul**i* liims* if. They are such as !•>
give assurance of tin* utmost good
feeling on the part of the Japanese
government. There ar<* hot-headed
Japanese just tin* same as there are
jingo Americans, who would like to
see war 1-etw* • n the two nations. But
tin- numb* r of this class is very small
and they cut n<> figure in the Japan
cse public affairs.
The departure of the Aennicau
fleet to the waters of tin* Pacific ma.*
cause more or fi ss war tirfk. but
do not believe th* re is any founda
tion lor it. As tin* nupoaraiic“s nr*
jiis-t now. there seems to be no reas
on for tin* appreh- n.-don of th• ■ leasi
trouble h.MU'-eii the United Stai*s
and Japan.
COTTON REPORT
«0 SLUMP
Government Figures Gave
the Bears Much
Consolation
The government cotton report yes
terday, showing an estimate of more
than eleven million, six hundred thous
and bales for this year’s crop of cot
ton. had the effect cf causing a slump
of fifty points in the price of the
staple. The local- market felt the ef
feet of the slump and went off a lit
tie more than a quarter of a cent \
pound.
Cotton men here believe, however,
that there will be a rc-actlon and that
prices will go back again to where
they were when the report was made.
Believed :h : > t:d u vho
has Disappeared is Sere
ing Linde Sam.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Having failed utterly [.. destroy the
hold Mr. Bryan lias upon t::<* p*opi.*
of this country, theiv are a 1* w burn
ers in tile Deniocra.ic par;.t who a*-*
now oil_:i- il in Hr w«.ik of framlu ;
:• platform upon which tli.* N-br.i--
i an will ici'tme to stand in the even',
it U adopo-d l y the n e;t 1). m crat:..*
national convention. In thi.- way ih< *•
hope to accomplish i:i effect wlu.t
they have failed to accomplish so fa *
as the elimination of Mr. Bryan I "
direct me:hods is concerned. -
It is all right for any dome.‘rat 1 s
advocate his views as to a platform,
and it is right for men of particular
views temhand together and seek to
have those views engrafted upon th?
platform. But when this is done fer
no l**i!**r purpero than t<> shelve a
<•< main men. fi is unworthy of real
Democrats. If ,ie* P* mecracy -.oes
: ■ s fi should, it will adopt a ;-!:u:*or:,i
think about them. If tin* platform suits
Mr. Bryan !:*• can run for preside:.*
as the 11. mocr;.tie standard-bearer,
and if it does not. In* has the right
>f a n American citi/rn to ref use ill •
nomination.
But the Democrats who run about
tin* country trying to stir up opposi
tion to Mr. Bryan an 1 trying to frame
a platform purposely to keep him
from running, are not to be encour
aged. It is proper to give though*
to the platform, but Improper to make
it subservient to the d< feat or tli"
success of any one candidate for pres
idential honors.
The Banner lias never agreed with
Mr. Bryan on many issues, but it
looks as if be wore the only man in
debt for the nomination. It would
••rohnhly fi e better fer many Demo-
•rats to cea«e criticising Mr. Bryan
uni get to work patching up the holes
u tin* Democratic breastworks.
Atlanta. G«*.. !)*•<“ mber 10.—Has
Cirrin Green Kelley, th" young studen;
who mysteriously disapp* an d from
jthe University of Georgia several
weeks ago. enlisted in tin* United
States army?
Such is tin* opinion of the Universi
I fy authorities, and they art* making
an investigation along this line. This
I information was eoirafi.iod in tin* re-
j ply of Uliancellor David U. Barrow t)
[tin* lett* r written liim by Kxccutivo
j Secretary U. M. Hitch, who .nk< 1 for
j inf*iniuitif>u in tin* case in order that
! tin* same might b«* laid before tin* gov-
jerncr upon fils r-turn from the Ih.st
According tc (•.'umu Her Barrow's
1‘Her. young K* lfi \ *;uieT’.y I f; after
j leclaiing lie was Loing . :i a visit to
j i:is hr her. J. !.. K<•'!• y. ut Swaitu-
• boro. The letter fun in r .-Mates that
lit has been report d a» Hr* Universi-
; ty that Kell v came t > Vtianta end
■enlistfd in tile S«*vent**nth Infantry,
.now stationed at Fort McPherson.
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In us© icr over years. Ims borne th© signatur© cf
nnrt baa been r.iado nn<ler liis per-
f jrL -J'-r-7^ . sonal enpervision since Its infancy.
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Expcriuieiits tlniL trhio w»t:i aOHda:;gprlhc Ix??;iltTi yf
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What is i
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So Stales Chief J nnings.
Says Police Can Dandle
the Situation.
Atlanta. Ga., December 10.—Chief
Henry Jennings, of the police depart-
! ment. is authority for the statement
• Dt.it the saloons of Atlanta will net
b** closed before the first day of th?
yo.ir. notw irhstanding rumors that
have already been published to the
contrary.
I The police chief says that no trou
bio is anticipated during the last few-
da.vs of the liquor n ginn . but that, i:
any spirit of unrest .dioafil -lemon-
strate itsc*If the {Hitici' are quite capa
ble to sim ther it in its infincv.
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ritate. It is the best Laxative. Gu..r-
anteed or your money back. Sold by
all druggists.
YOUR
LIVER
is your best friend or your worst
enemy. . Active it's your friend.
Torpid it's your enemy, and its
army is Constipation, Biliousness,
Sick Headache, etc.
R»@I>IUS
AND TONIC PELLETS
make active, strong and healthy,
livers, preventing and relieving
liver troubles. ’ '
^Complete Treatment 25o^_
ALL DRUGGISTS.
LOW RATES
Offered by the
■*ssn<.
NORTH. KORTHWEST, VrEST,
SOUTHWEST.
J. G. N0LLENSECK,
Division Fa-str-ser Agent,
ATLANTA, GA."
This splendid Wagon complete, with
mountain
second growth timber and are fully
guaranteed. We also have a large
Ene of two-horse wagons. Both in
patent and wood hub wheels.
Mail Orders given prompt attention.
S. D. SLEDGE, Athens. Ga, 1
Top Buggy $39.75. Good material, well
made and beautifully finished. Can’t be beat any
where for the money. In addition to this job, we
have a fine stock of Watertown Carriage Co.’s and
Tyson & Jones’ fine buggies. Also a magnificent
line of Harness- If not comintr to Athena, write for further par
ticulars, aa wo frive prampt attention lo mail orders.
E. P. SLEDGE, Athens, Ga.
Miller & Co®
Cotton Commission THrchants
Broad, Thomas and Ocum-e Stn-ts, Athens, (J,i.
Liberal Advances Made cn Colton, Correct Weights
ani Highest Prices Guaranteed.
Come and See Us With Your Cotton.
COTTON
COMMISSION : MERCHANTS,
i.rli
Liberal Adances lYlaric on Gr.tton Stored With Us
BEK. A. J. SEARS’
New, Pastor of Oconee
Street Church Pleases
His People.
Rev. A. J. Sears, the new past r of
Oconee Street Methodist church, h;«r
moved to Athens aud is now settled
in the attractive little parsonage cn
Oconee street. He preached his first
sermon Sunday morning to his new
congregation, there being quite t
large number of the members present
at the time. Air. Sears made a fin-
impression upon his people at the
very beginning, and it is believed
he will be very successful in his work
this year.
I Mr. Sears comes to Athens with the
j reputation tof being a most conse
crated and enthusiastic minister, and
people will give him t!
"Tl in all the work of
ug his stay here.
POWDERED MILK.
From tlie Washington ILrnld.
Improved processes for reducing
milk to the form of a powder or com
pressing it into ‘ablets, have led to
an increasing use of milk in these
forms. Powdered or compressed milk
is not only employed for provisioning
| ships and for transportation to dls-
' t.,nt places, but for tlie use of hali
ers and confectioners. In France a
I new process f .r powdering milk has
| rec-rtiy been invented. The milk is
I for ,! under a pressure of 250 atmos-
•pVrc.\ through a tube one-tenth of a
t i. b rt'-r in diometer, into a closed
o’ ...dor htated "lo 1G7 d": rees Fail-
r, • : -.1 by - current of warm a’r. The
r? : ! r xpansion cf the milk en en-
teti'g tlie chamber turns it into a
jc-lcvl ef va;H>r and the water Is car
ried off by a current of air and the
- roli ! parts ef milk fall In powder to
tl.c bottom.