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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 Take DeWltt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills; they are for weak back, In fiammation of the .bladder, backache and weak kidneys. Sold by all drug gists. . germ. When Chamberlain’s Cougb Remedy is given It quickly cures the, cold and lessens the danger of diph theria or any other germ disease be ing contracted. For sale by Warren J. Smith & Bro., H. R- Palmer ft Sons, U F. Canning, E. <3. McEvoy, On Drug Oo„ Athens, Ga. , telyiou men are finally to be controlled by him. The president is friendly to Taft who embodies more fully his own principles and Is pledged to carry out DeWltt’s Little Early Riser Pills ■ ESTABLISHED 1832. I s 1} IF, S1.00 YEAR. ,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.