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ildentlal nomination will
and It Is believed that
■bares In their opln-
rly os It Is becoming
ire apparent that Preil-
t will not, under an5- clr-
is be has repeatedly an-
pt ft third term nomina
te trio keep their ears
maud fhe^blckerlng and
Ittte campaign Is already
Irtnelope la taken to mean
les of several of the re-
lorses" are being mate-
lined, and after all some
I may capture the plum
ft started by- some of the
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by him. The president is friendly to
Taft who embodies more fully his own
principles and Is pledged to carry out
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,HER1FF JOHN W. Wlta^ NEW
DIED FRIDAY AFTERNOON
[cpular Sheriff of this Ccui^y V ho was Stricken with
Paralys«s Last Saturday Mornm* Answers the
Last Summons. Had been Sheriff for *Jh
More than Quaker ofja Century.
Bherlll John W. Wler. of Clarke
|inty. who was stricken with i» 1 r:i-
last Saturday morning, while
Jng at his breakfast table, after
[ring lingered In .1 practically mi
|sclous slate since that time, died
(Friday) afternoon at a qu-irur
twelve o'clock.
om the very beginning he sit w-
ttle sings of rallying and his
1 had been apprehended for sontt
He. began to sink rapidly this
ning and In spite of all efforts :•>
him olive by artificial stimula-
, he passed away at a quarter pas:
o'clock.
riff Wler had held his office foi
than twenty-seven years and
was no citizen of Clarke com:
could boast as many friends,
ras kind, gentle, considerate.
Stable, a loyal friend, a devoted
, a faithful husband and a
and, progressive citizen,
over the county he will he
tied by those who knew and np-
ated his friendship.
funeral cf Sheriff Wicr will be
J Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
|e Presbyterian church.
IAN IS CERTAIN
IF THE
there is a Strong Mov;
lent in Favor of Geo
B Cortelyou.
I (Special Correspondence.)
• i 1 ■ - • fe&Jfei'.'m.,.
fo ( ufr.ith a'l ihc tilis^in
New Souihern Mutual
Building Goes 10 |
Athens Firm %
The c ntraci fo. ill the glass Oat
Is to be used in the new Southern t'-ti-
tusl Insurance Com],any building w~k:
awarded by Messrs. Miles & Bradffwig
contract, rs. yesterday.' ■>»
Tbere were a number of large fitiffs
bidding on ibis work and the succlUs
fill bidder was the R. L. Moss Ma> u
faeturing Company, of this cit}v*'j|
This bid was put in by Mr. tk.
Moss, Jr., manager of the company,
and lie is receiving congratulations
on having been awarded the contract,
it is quite a distinction for this Ath
ens firm to have won out over tome
of the largest concerns Hi the .coun
try. ';i'
Athens is coming to the franjln
many lines and this is one of thorn.
It does a city good to have such up to
date companies as. this and to have
j them managed by as successful^en
ins Mr. Moss. ’to '
! friends of former Secretary ot "the
i Treasury Shaw is meeting with mAncb
approval, and while it is by no means
! certain that Mr. Shaw could be indtiq-
t York, December.—One of the 10 raake tlu “ ‘'‘S'* 11 - there
nt events that have recently j in lhe m!nd8 of many of the
in the local political sit- 1 ed nien ,n PoUtto#!^
ttot for a
of the New Yor!vT ure a
1 choice could he made.
CHURCH
Methodists will Organize
one on South Lumpkin St.
Preaching Arranged
For.
The Methodists will organize a
church on South Lumpkin street ibis
year and the preaching far the church
has already been arranged for.
The Baldwin street Sunday school
has been moved from the building on
Baldwin street where it was conduct
ed for a number of years by the late
Rev. Kilison D. Stone and later on
by bis son, Mr. E. P. Stone, to the
store bnildljng on South Lumpkin
street near the intersection of Baxter
street, the place where the Sunday
school was started.
Rev. George E. Stone has determin
ed to preach, there on Sunday nights,
und on the nights when he cannot be
there, there will lie arrangements
made for services.
This will lie done until the new
church is formally organized and ac
cepted by the conference next fall.
Meanwhile the movement to establish
this church will he pushed and there
will be a large number of Methodists
who will lend a hand in this work.
It is quite certain that a church
01 that place would at once draw a
large membership and that it would
be of great benefit to that section of
the city.
The Sunday school will hold its
sessions there regularly hereafter
tnd the preaching on Sunday nights
will be started the coming Sunday.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend these servict s.
State Committee, of th
local, stale and nntk mil
Vat was to have been hi Id
Titary 7th and Mb. All sorts
fjecture has been indulged in a;
,reason for abandoning this
g. but it may be asserted tine
|al cause lies in lhe fact that
aunt of rile recent declaration
liunal Chairman Thus. Taggart
lr of the candidacy of Will:..in
Bryan for the president;.
State Chairman Connors nor
F. Murphy was desirous of
a confab as it might force
show thi ir hands thus eu ly
.illpalate N< Itlier of these
L afford to come out in open
■lost the Nebriskan. especial
of his constantly increas
, and as they are still mak-
fcretext of being in favor of
Chandler, as New York's
on, they preferred to call the
off rather than risk the prssi-
I Incurring his displeasure or
|forced by popular clamor to
In the open and declare
ns followers of Bryan. A
is what both Connors
|h.v have decided up n. and
|is passible, even probable,
pew York delegation will go
ed to the national convi n
men will sooner or Inter
Clare themselves adherents
I selection of Chicago os the
le Republican National Con
|June 16th. und the arriva'
cretary Taft fr„m his pro
11broad, politicians of tha'
egard the fight for the pres
nlnation now on in dead
bey profess to see In the
J the Windy City a decided
ISecretary of the Treasury
portclycu and a defeat for
prees, as the latter were
■favor of Kansas City. The
(ning Secretary Cortolvou
of New York next year
seriously, especially as
insist uimn the
Governor Hughes,
not averse to run
again. The fol
Insist that noth-
ls the great cosmopolitan city of
New York gening Puritanical.” To any
■ me who has visited the metropolis
with its Great White Way,-its Tend
! in. its Bowery, its Coney Island, this
question will no doubt appear rldicil
huts, hut there have been several de
velopments recently which go to prove
ib 11 the move of prohibition that is
manifesting itself strongly in (he va
lions parts of the ccuutry has hii
this city with great force and thai
there is danger of its some day beitt,
set down in the "dry” column. This
of itself lias created no end of con
slernation among a certain class 01
our citizens, lull tin re is added indig.
nati-11 over the move to close all the
places of amusement on Sunday. In
consequence of this latest order
many thousands, particularly among
the working classes, are being depriv
ed of tit ir customary Sunday enjoy
ments, and a wail has gone forth
which promises to make itself heard
m 11. uncertain manner if conditions
are not soon changed. Many of these
people now feel that they are being
deprived of their constitutional rights
and if the advocates of a “closed” Sun
day persist in pursuing their course
ts at present, the question promises
to became one of the paramount ones
in the next municipal election. A mint
tier of the business Interests in the
city are being made to feel the effect
'f this "move of purification,'' as
many are disposed to term it. hut nt
class, perhaps, is more concernei
than the hotel proprietors. These
men are up in arms over the matter,
especially as regards the question of
prohibition, and threaten to do all
sorts of direful things if further at
tempts are made to place the great
cit;,- of New York under blue ribbon
ranks. On several occasions of late
proprietors of our leading hostelriei
have given expression and the words
of Mr. William Forster, a prominent
New York lawyer, uttered at the an
nttal meeting of the hotel proprietor.--
of New York state, shows to what
extent they have been stirred up. In
the course of his remarks, Mr. Forakei
said:
“The impious reformers in their
mad crusade find nothing sacred t<
them. What they core for the beau
tifnl traditions of the old Oclonial inn*
the father of thi*
found It
no snooze
for ihe Confirmed Diunk'
ards who Appear Before
Ma}or Dorsey. New
Rule Promulgated.
If the confirmed dr’inkirds of this
city wish to be allowed the \v * -
lege of buying any more whiskey from
the Athens dispensary they had better
steer clear of the mayor’s court.
For Mayor Dorsey laid down a rule
yesterday that every confirmed drunk
ard coining before him between now
anti New Year’s Day will see no more
of ihe dispensary.
Yesterday morning two of the old
offenders came before him on the
charge of drunkenness and he prompt
ly sentenced them to serve a term in
the city prison. The expiration of the
term was fixed at seven o’clock on
the evening of December ‘list.
Mayor Dorsey told them that if he
let them out they would be coming
before him again and that he would
just keep them in the ealaboese until
the dispensary closed for good and
always.
These two have bought their last
drink at the dispensary, for when
they are released from custody the
curtain will have been rung down
on that institution.
It is quite likely that the now rule
of the mayor will keep a number of
the boys from appearing before him.
If they desire to take in the dispensa
ry in its closing days, they will have
to stay sober or they may find them
selves behind the bars of the city
prison until New Year’s Day.
0.0. CHANDLl DISAPPEARS THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA
FROM MASSON COUNTY
Well Known Faimer in ih# County Came to Athens
Monday and Has Not B&n Heard of Since. His
Relatives are Alarmed *bcut Him. Gendtmen
Here Yesterday looking for Him.
Of the Dispensary Bui du ?
Cracked Under Weight
of Dirt Against
It.
a few days since Mr. A. V. Dead
wyler concluded to make some Im
provements on the rear of his build*
ing and in doing so filled in the spac$
between the rear wall of his build
ing and the rear wail of the dispen- l° cat
say building.
The weight of the dirt caused the
dispensary wall to crack and a por
tion of it to fall in.
The result was that a policeman lnd
to be placed in the rear of the build
ing to look after the stock until the
repairs could be male. The dirt will
all have to be taken out and the wall
be placed in good condition.
MASONS
The friends of Mr. O. G. Chandler,
f Madison county, are alarmed about
Ini, as he disappeared Monday, and
as n;t been heard of since.
Mr. Chandler came to Athens Mon-
ay from his home In Madison coun
v. He is a farmer living on the farm
f Judge John J. Strickland in that
ounty near Ila.
While in Athens Monday he made
time purchases and left presumably
i 'or his home. But he never reach-
Vd home since and his wife and: rela
tives are alarmed about him.
i He had no reason whatever to run
away from home, and those who know
him best, are fearful that he has met
with foul play.
Messrs.. Mlatthew Williams and
Mitchell Williams, of Madison county,
were in Athens yesterday making in
quiries about Mr. Chandler trying to
him or to get some clew by
which they might trace hint.
He is about thirty years of age and
has a wife. His family relations have
been most pleasunt in every way and
lie seemed devoted to his home. His
wife is grief-stricken over his absence
and believes he has been foully deal;
with.
Mr. Chandler weighs about 150
pounds, is a blond, has sandy colored
hair and is clean shaven. Every pos
Bible effort will be made to learn his
.whereabouts, if living or dead.
Held Annual Meeting Last
Night. Officers for En«
suing Year were {
Named.
.. .crsM.ft.it. (taw** ■ j,■ittit’Vjy.':
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 22, Free
and Accepted Masons, held its an
nuo 1 communication last night and
there were present quite a large num
ber of the members of the lodge.
Tit affairs of the lodge were shown
to lie in splendid shape and the mem
bership is at present something over
two hundred and fifty.
The following officers were elected
Tor the ensuing year:
Worshipful Master—H. R. Palmer.
Senior Warden.—W. M. Pittman.
Junior Warden.—T. M. Forrester.
Treasurer.—J. S. McKie.
Secretary.—-A. R. Harper
Senior Deacon—Cpson Harper.
Junior. Deacon—W. M. Slaughter.
Stewards.—J. 11. McKinnon and
Howell Kirk.
Chaplain.—George E. Stone.
Tyler—W. B. Hosey.
SEWERBQNDS
Will Not be Voted on Just
Now. Fond Election on
Jan. 15th Covers Only
tionaLBonds..
Escaped the Terrors of
IVlany Winters By
Using Pe-ru-na.
1 sun lullmy
Extreme Old T
Age to the Use
of Pe-ru-na.”
I SAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLennan I almost entirely for the tinny little
county, Texas, has lived forll8 years. | things for which T need medicine.
“When epidemics of la grippe first
began to make their appearance in this
country I was a sufferer from this dis-
For many years lie resided at Bosque
Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, but
now lives with his son-in-law at Valley
Mills, Texas.
Mr. Brock is a dignified old gentle
man, showing few signs of decrepitude.
I had several long sieges with the
grip. At first / did not know that
His family Bible is still preserved,! Peruna w as a remedy for this disease.
and it shows that the date of his birth When iheard that la grippe was epi
demic catarrh, / tried Peruna for la
was written 118 years ago.
In speaking ol his good health and
extreme old age, Mr. Brock says:
“One of the things I hove found out
to my entire satisfaction Is the proper
thing for ailments that are due directly
to the effects cf the climate. For 118
years / have withstood the changeable
climate of the United States.
"I have always been a very healthy
man, but of course, subject to the af
fections which are due to spdden
changes in the climate and temperature.
“As for Dr. Hartman’s remedy,
Peruna, / have found It to be the best.
If not the only reliable rem.'dy for these
affections. It has been my standby for
many years, and I attribute my good
health and extreme old age to this
remedy.
“It exactly meets all my require
ments. It protects me from the evil ef
fects of sudden changes; it gives me
strength ; it keeps my blood in good cir
culation. I have come to rely upon it
grippe and found it tobe fust the thing.”
In a later letter, Mr. Brock writes:
“l am well and feeling as well as I
havo for years. The only thing that -
bothers mo is my sight. If I could soe
better I could walk all over the farm
and it would do me good. 1 would not
be without Peruna.”
Yours truly,
A letter dated July 3, l'.Ofi, written for
Mr. Brock by his wife, Sarah J. Brock,
states:
“Last winter I had just gotten up but
oi a spell ot sickness, when I com
menced taking Peruna. I think it Im
proved my health very much. ”
In a postscript, Mrs. Brock adds: “II*
receives a great many letters inquiring
about what Peruna will do. L do not
answer them all, as t think Jhcy can
get a bottle and try it.”
If your druggist does not keepPeruna In stock, send remittance to
cover price of one bottle, $1.00, or six bottles, $5.00, to The Peruna Drug.
Mfg. Co., Columbus, OhlOi and- theexpress prepaid.
Ask your Druggist for I
una Almanac foe 1908
.!
FELL F
nd was Painfully Bruised
by lhe Fal'. Not Se*
riously Hurt.
Last night Mr. Jefferson Jennings
ell from a street car on the corner
if Clayton street and College avenue
and was severely bruised.
Mr. Jennings thought the car had
stopped and stepped off too soon. He
received a slight cut above one" of
his eyes and was bruised about his
legs. He was able to walk to his room
after the accident, however.
Mr. Jennings is a man of advanced
.-eats, and his escape from more se-
• iou% injury was miraculous.
ARE GETTING BETTER
Elimination of Roosevelt
Helps the Nebraskan
'lhe mayor and council have decid-
1 not to call the election for tin
sewer bonds on January lath, but to
defer that election to some later date.
The bond election on January lath,
legal notice of which is given in thi :
issue of the Banner, will be for an
issue of seventy-five thousand dollars
of educational bonds, fifty thousand
dollars of the amount to go for school
buildings and twenty-five thousand
dollars for the University of Geot
gat.
These bonds arc to run for a. period
of thirty years, the same to be fully
retired at that time, but no portion of
i lie principal to he taken up until the
expiration of that time. The interest
at the rate of five per cent., is to bo
paid st nti-annually.
The necessity for the issuing ol
these bonds is apparent to all who
know the needs existing for school
buildings and that they will be. voted
next month is a practical certainty.
Washington, D. C., December 12.—
The democratic national convention 11/ ry
will in all probability meet the lat- 1 TO011IIwIIt FSTIDC
ter part of June next year. Bryan
will be the nominee. The choice oi
location seems to lie between Chica
go. Louisville and Denver, with Cleve
land, elso, in the running. Kansas
City and St. Louis seem to be out of
it.
Bryan is just as much the nominee
of the democratic party for the next
race as though the convention had
finished its work. The declaration of
President Roosevelt this evening re
iterating his election night pledge
that he would not (be a candidate for
a third term, has wonderfully Inspired
the national committeemen who are
tonight discussing the outlook. Many
of them have expressed the belief
that the president, handicapped by
the third, term millstone, would prove
an easy victory for Mr. Bryan. With
President Roosevelt out of It, they be
lieve Mr. Bryan can defeat any man
the republicans can name. He Is more
closely identified with the Roosevelt
program than any other man In the
country in either party. He has
fought for them, urged them, and
praised the president when the latter
KILLS HERSELF
NO THIRD TERM
EOT ROOSEVELT
President Again Makes An<
nouncement to that
Effect.
in Forsyih County Com 1
mits Suicide.
Flowery Branch, Ga., Dec. 12 - -
Mrs. Cole Mayfield, the wife of a
prominent farmer living in Forsyth
county several miles from tills place,
was found at an early hour this morn
ing. swinging from a limb of <1 tree
near the spring which furnished wa
ter for the family.
The woman had gone to the spring
after a pail of water, and was gone so
long that the anxiety of the husband
led him to go in search of her. Ar
riving at the spring, he could sec
nothing cf her at first, but directly
saw her swaying body at the end of
a repe, the feet a few inches from the
ground. The woman had evidently
PATHETIC PLEA
OF OLD VETERAN
May Cause Governor to Is*
sue a Pardon for his
Offense.
How Diphtheria is Contracted.
One often hears the expression, “My
child caught a severe cold which de
veloped into diphtheria,” when the
truth was that the cold had simply
left, the little one particularly sus
ceptible to the wandering diphtheria
When Chamberlain’s Cougb
cares the
Washington. D. C., December 12.—
President Roosevelt has unearthed a
conspiracy in his own household. It
is a conspiracy to the extent that the
movers plot the overthrow' of the
president's plan of succession. Their
schemes have been well laid and car
ried out so far with consummate po
litical ability. The positive statement
given out from the white house to
night, in which President Roosevelt
reiterates bis election night promise
not to seek nor accept a third term,
throws a light upon a tangled situa
tion in republican politics.
Key to the Secret.
Unless one possesses the key to
the secret the present, state of affairs
must appear confusing. Throughout
the smith, federal office holders are
shouting for Roosevelt. Ever since
the memorable visit through that sec
tion of Frank H. Hitchcock, first as
sistant postmaster general, this
chorus lias Increased. At the recent
gatherings of the republican national
committee it was staid that thirteen
southern delegates were pledged to
support Roosevelt for a third term.
Among the number was Judson W.
Lyons, of Georgia. The Georgia com
mitteemen would neither deny nor af
linn the runur that he was party to
a scheme to pledge the solid south
for the president. That he should be
for tile president in view of his per
soiia 1 experience in the office of reg
ister of the -treasury was remarkable
and almost unbelievable.
The secret of the whole southern
program is at last forthcoming. The
president believes he is being used as
a battering ram to open the way for
Secretary Cortelyou's presidential as
pirations.
Cortelyou in Race.
Convinced that the president would
not run, it seems that Secretary Cor
telyou and Mr. Hitchcock have used
the patronage of the postofllce and
treasury department to inflate the
Cortelyou boom. Delegates are to be
elected to ostensibly vote for Roose
velt. When it is made known that
President Roosevelt will not run, they
are to be delivered into the hands of
Secretary’ .Cortelyou. i
By thie plan delegations which
could not be elected as original Cor-
men are finally to be controlled
is friendly to
Atlanta. Git.. December 12.—-FiniSd-***•*
$1,000 and 12 months in the chain-
gang in each of five cases for sell
ing liquor illegally. S. H. Dean, 68
years of ago. a one-legged Confedet*
ate veteran, ill and enfeebled by' -dls—-2 •-'■
ease, has filed a petition for paHWttk —
with the prison commission, through
his attorney, Representative William
Butt.
Mr. Dean lost his limb In the Con-
federate service. He was tried before
Judge George F. Goiter, at. the Octo
ber term of Fannin county superior ^
court, ami plead guilty to the charges.
Tlte heavy fines were then placed on
hint.
Since his conviction Mr. Dean has
been in the Rlue Ridge jail too feeble
to work. H ksaesfrop jhOcgETA
to work. He- asks for a pardon, set
ting up that he lias $250, which lie Is
willing to pay to secure his freed moo
He has a wife and four small children.
His p< tition states that prior to his
trial he had abandoned selling wild
cat. anti gave solemn promise that
he would never again lay himself lia-
to the law.
overnor Smith lias announced it
as his policy to grant no pardons by
payment of money fines for such of
fenses. It may be that the extreme
age and febleness of the petitioner,
fact that was a brave and loyal
Confederate veteran, and the further
fact that he has a family to support,
will prove an ameliorating combina
tion of circumstances to influence the
governor in letting hint off with a
light jail sentence.
his politics. He will give to his can
didacy such assistance as seems to
him meet and proper.
Three days ago President Roosevelt
announced that he would not put out
another denial cf any aspirations for
a third term for several months. Yes
terday lie framed a letter to be sent
to all employes of the postofllce and
treasury departments putting the ban
upon any further alleged activity In
his behalf. Tonight tho statement
which the president declared would
not be given out for three months
was officially promulgated.
The men, who have been whooping
things up for Roosevelt, while secret
ly planning a raid upon the candidate
of his choice, have been treed.