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CAPITAL *100,0*0.
THE GEORGIA NATIONAL BANK
• of Athens,
Offers to depositors every facility
their balances, business and respon
sibility warrant.
CAPITAL *100yM&
THE GEORGIA NATIONAL BANK
of Athens^
Offers to depositors every facility
their balances, business and respon
sibility warrant
ESTABLISHED 1832.
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1907.
J5.00 A YEAR.
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2S Presented by Henry Miller.
Henry Miller, the
Mana?v w ,j, ^
Colonial on Thursi!
durance and a clear head. Price, 25
cents. Samples free. For sale by
H. Tt Palmer & Sons. Warren J.
Smith & Bro.. L. P. Canning, B. C.
McEvoy, Orr Drag Co.. Athens, Ga.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new
Laxative, stimulates, but does not Ir
ritate. It is the best Laxative. Guar
anteed or poor money back. Sold by
ail druggists.
Here’s Good Advice.
O. S. Woolever, one of the best
known merchants of Le Raysville, N.
Y., says: “If yon are ever troubled
* with piles, apply Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve. It cured me of them for good
20 years ago.” Cures every sore,
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; Smith ft Bro., H. R. Palmer ft.Sons
drug stares.
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life was despaired of. He was given
the best attention but to no avail.
The funeral of Mr. McQueen will be
held this afternoon at three o’clock
at the undertaking parlors of Dorsey
& Funkenstein and the remains will
be interred In Oconee cemetery-
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HELD BUSY SESSION
Iron Bridges Wil be Installed at Princeton Bridge, If?
tei’s Branch and Near Wintervil'e» Clerk Gambl •
Has Installed 5plenc id Sjsiem for Keeping
Records tf 0if.ee.
SPLENDID ATTRACTION
AT COLONIAL THURSDAY
Tli^ county commissioners were in
session yesterday tor several hou -
and matters cf importance were dis-
cussed and acted upon. The commit
sinners have accomplished a gteat deal
this year for the improvement of tic
county, and their services have lie; -l
of the highest rrder.
Clerk Gamble was instructed to or
der at once tine,- Lon bridges; one
to tie pla -ed at Princeton, one at Les
ter’s branch on the Tallassee road an I
one near Winter', ille. All other fills
and small streams will be repaired
with eoncre e, making culverts where
needed.
Five twa-horse road machines were
t rdered purchased at once. A man
will lie employed in each district I t
look after the condition of the roads
after rains and to see that the roads
are at all times in good condition.
The chairman was authorized to ap-
polnt a man in each militia district
to collect road taxes, and for his ser
vices to receive ten per cent, of all
money collected. Should any tax pay
er fail to (lay the three dollars which
is required by law, then it will be tie.
duty of the representative of the conn
tv to see that the lull time of ten
days' work on the roads lie given i
the party who falls to pay.
Tlip map of Clarke county prepar
ed by Prof. C. M. Strahan was adopt
ed as the official map cf Clarke county
and the clerk instructed to have it
framed and hung in the grand jury-
FUNERAL
Of Sheriff * tv Su
Great Ir.bute in the
Memory of h. Li*
mettled Dead
The funeral of Sheriff John W. Wier
was held Sunday afternoon at twj
o'clock, and was attended by a lurs*
number of sorrowing friends.
Thi* 1'r. shyu rian church auditorium
was crow-led long before tbe funeral
cortege arrived there, and the addi
tion of fully •„ no hundred and fifty
more to the vast assembly taxed th.
capacity of «h** building. It was .1
most touching tribute 10 the popu
larity of the dead sheriff among a!
.’asses of the people.
Before t'.ie n mains wru carries
from the residence to the hearse, the
prisoners in the jail were brought out
in order that they might view ih
mains tf their friend. Kven tit
ae was the guardian who watched
over them to see that they did not r
gain their liberty he did so with sue
.1 tenderness and regard tor ■
1 to win Uielr and .th * *—
mFpr aome ttroeCk-rk Gamble has ad-' -
vtifi.j -- — ; \t the church were the Conrederau
later, which is of great importance i v . t1 i.r.u; who came to attend the fun
not only to the county commissioners
and officials, hut to the citizens gen
erally. The suggestion was discus
sed and agreed upon by tile commis
sioners. The clerk was instructed to
consult with Prof. Strahan on the mat- .
ter and to have one prepared at mire. ,
Suitable resolutions on the death j
of SherifT AA’ier were introduced and i
passtnl by the hoard, and a page on Hie J
minutes was set aside for the spread- ,
ing of the same. j
The elork was instructed to call the
attention of the mayor and council
to the condition of Lumpkin street
and Milledge avenue near the property
of (’apt. T. J. Scott. Complaint has
CORONER WEATHERLY
WILL ACT AS SHERIFF
Special Election Has Been Called by Ordinary Wingfield
for the Position. It Will be Held on January 17th.
Candidates for the Place Will Now
Begin to Announce.
been made of overflow of water a,
thot section and as it is in the city
limits, the commissioners feel that the
city should make the improvement.
On the request of the clerk an indi
vidual ledger will he kept hereafter.
Itemizing every order given, bill pur
chased and voucher issued, showing
in detail at any time during the month
outstanding Indebtedness for all sup
plies and other expenses for the oper
ation of the county’s business.
Since assuming the office of clerk.
Mr. Gamble has in trod u -ed many new
features in the work of keeping th-
records, which has not only made the |
system perfect, but a ready referenc-
system. Vouchers and records of all
: kinds may be referred to in a moment
and in -a large Hie system every record
is accessible with ease.
The next meeting will be held on
the first Tuesday In January, this or
der having been passed some time
ago and now being advertised.
Bids for the heating apparatus for
the court house are being received
Veterans who came to at
ie.-ai of their comrade of the days ! n n .-
i past, the nw mliers of the city coun-
1 cil. the members of the Athens lodge
juf Elks. tlte members of Williams
i-odge of Odtl Fellows, the members of
i ML Vernon Lodge of Masons,
j Tile floral tributes were many am!
I most beautiful. Among them wer.
i many from warm person ,i triends and
thers from different organiz lion- o-
which he was a mrmbe .
T.ie Presbyterian choir sang as the
opening hymn "Asleep in Jesus, nf
•or which Rev. Trey Beatty, rector oi
Emmanuel church, real the Bcriptun
lesson anti offered prayer. The chot:
thin sang I Would Not Live Alw tv.'
Rev. E. L. llill. pastor of the Pres
byterinn church, then preached the
funeral sermon from lie text: "We
Spend Our Years as a Tale That is
Told." It was a. beautiful ,-ermon full
of truth and tendern ss that appeal
ed to the hearts of all present. After
priyer by Mr. Hill the c.ioir sane the
concluding hymn. "Abide AY itli Mo.
and tlte cisket was borne to the
hearse by the pall hearers. Messrs. E.
It. Cohen, G. E. Lucas. Aaron Cohen.
H. J. Rowe, Hiran Peeler. J. H.
Ueussee, .1. H .Mealor and J. AY. Bar-
I nett, followed by tlte county officers,
vho acted as honorary pall-heari rs.
The interment took place at the
Wier burial ground beyond the State
Normal School on the Jeff.rson r ad.
and the concluding services were by
the Masons. They were conducted by
Worshipful Master H. R. Palmer, as
sisted by Past Masters AY. F. Dorsey,
H. 11. Linton and Troy'Bcatty. togeth
er with the members of the lodge.
In the quiet of the Sabbath afte
LESTER
Scene From “Th: Great C
Race May Have Several En<
tries. Sevui Citiz ns are
Mentioned for Place.
Ordinary’ S. B. AVingfield having set
the election for sheriff for January
17th. the candidates for that position
will soon be announcing.
There have been no announcements
hus far made, hut there have been
several well known gentlemen men-
tiond in connection with the office.
Yesterday there was more or less
balk about the race when it was made
known that the electiou to fill the tin
expired term of Sheriff AA’ier has been
ordert d-
Mr. Clarence A’. AA’ier, son of the
late sheriff, is being mentioned by
his many friends in connection with
the office. Mr. Wier has the matter
under consideration and will probably
decide today whether or not he will
make the race.
City Marshal Lloyd E. Brooks, who
was formerly sheriff of Madison coun
ty, Is also beip^ mentioned. Mr.
yet decided the ques-
l.’nder the law of the state, Coron
er Charles N. AA’eatheriy assumes the
duties of the office of sheriff, pending
tlie- election which has been called
by Ordinary Wingfield.
The election will be held on Jan
uary 17th and the proper m ttce to
that effect lias been given hy the ordi
nary. This notice is as follows:
NOTICE—ELECTION OF SHERIFF.
I GEORGIA—Clarke County.
A vacancy having occurred in the
| office of Sheriff of Clarke County, Ga..
! in the death of John AA". AA’ier, lata
Sheriff of said County.
Therefore hy- the authority In me
vested by Law, it is hereby ordered,
that an election be held at the Court
House, and at the Election Precincts
in said County, on- the 17th day of
January. 1-dOx. for a Sheriff of said
county, to till the unexpired term of
raid John AY. AA’ier. Said election to
bo held and conducted and returns
thereof made in the same manner as
the law directs for the election of
members of the General Assembly.
Given under my hand at office. Thlt
December 16th. 1 POT.
S B. WINGFIELD, Sr., Ordinary.
Clarke County, Georgia.
The family of the late sheriff will
continue to reside at the sheriff’s
hou.-e on tlte court house square and
Coroner AA’eatheriy will simply con
duct the affairs of the office until
Sheriff Wier’s successor is chosen.
The setting of the date' Jojc* the
'eCial rt ’ooHn-tll Mnnuuf^ abitA
iV-
play,’’ to Hi
evening.
The coining of this famous drama
which has recently been presented at
the Princess and Daly’s 1 heatres til
New A’ork for over 500 i«-rformanet s.
has for some time keen held hy our
play lovers as a bright spot in the in
under
to M?:, Miller for the superb and il
luminating way In which he developed
its artistic possibilities, and to his
superb company for their remarkable
portrayal of tlte difficult characters,
i"Tlip Great Divide” could easily have
been rained hy less sympathetic pre-
definite theatrical future, and this jsentatlon than was given under the
positive announcement of Hie -late of painstaking direetlonSpf_ Mr. Miller.
Hie engagement will lie greeted with The play is in three acts, the first
pleasure. "Tile Great Divide” lias j two being represented as taking place
added much to the celebrity of Mr. i in Arizon t and the third in Massa-
Mliter as a producing manager and jchusetts. In a way. th" drama is f
brought, from dramatic obscurity into conflict between the spirit of the Kas
permanent renown an author who will , and the spirit <>f the West. An east-
have to h e reckoned with front now
■in in the American drama. William
Vaughn Moody had already hpoom«‘ es
tablished as this country's leading
younger ]xv**t. and through his occu
pancy of tlte chair of English in the
University of Chicago, his several pub
lications relating to the language hav«*
long been quoted as an authority
upon Knglisb literature. But until Mr.
Mill* r produced ‘ The Great Divide.
•n Mr. Moody's best friends
iuspected that tin* brilliant
poet could write a play which would understand adequately how the
he not only the most successful or its storms ar e weathered and the prob-
inie from a pecuniary standpoint, hut lfm
the court house are being reeeircu 1 the bodv of the *e nial sheriff was
and will be opened at the next mee- rest amlrt thD arrowing ox
the
hundreds of frlennJ.
About Digestion.
It is not the quantity of food take
but the amount digested and assiml
laled that gives strength and vitality
to the system. Chamberlain’s Stonv
ach and Liver Tablets Invigorate the
stomach and liver and enable them
to perform their functions. The
suit Is a relish for your food, Increas
ed strength and weight, greater en
ing and the work of Installing
plant will be commenced.
Danger In Asking Advice.
When you have a cough or cold do
not ask some one what is good for
it, as there Is danger In taking some
unknown preparation. Foley’s Honey
and Tar cures coughs, colds, and pre
vents pneumonia. The genuine is In
a yellow package. Refuse substi
tutes. Sold by all druggists.
c-rn woman weighted down by genera
tions of tradition and conventionality
is strangely wooed and still more
strangely won by a western man un
fettered by eiiVnn and Ignorant of
restraint of mind or action. The
mating of these opposite natures pro
vokes great storm and stress, and
raises many intensely interesting and
highly dramatic situations. One must
see this masterful exi«jsition of Amer.
lever, ican manhood and womanhood
■cung portrayed in Hits really great pla
McQUEfN | O.G. KELLEY
Dies A r ter Uness With j Has Been Located. Missing
Meninfit s. Y u g Man j Student found in Camilla
.Mmin
merit of his intentions.
Mr. John N T . Williamson’s friends
are urging him to enter the race, and
he has the matter under considera
tion.
Mr. AA T alter E. Jackson, a. popular
member of the Athens police force, is
likewise being talked of in this connec
tion.
Mr. Ben H. Klnnebrew, who re
cently served as deputy under Sher
iff AA’ier, is being mentioned for the
place.
Mr. James A. Suddeth. of AA’inter-
ille. is lieing mentioned in connection
with the race. Several years he serv
ed as deputy under Sheriff AA’ier.
Tax Receiver J. H. Dorsey is als.:
being mentioned for sheriff and ais
many friend* are urging hint to make
the race.
It appears that there is to lie no
lack of candidates, and a lively and
Interesting race is promised.
•stu ;B
there will he several.
SnjAom
LECTURES
Are Proving to be Popular.
Already Three High
Schoo’s Ask for Uni
versity Lectures.
SPECIAL FUR SALE
AT THESIS STORE
Davison'Nicholson Company
Offer Attractive Bar
gains in Furs.
The University extension lectures
are already beginning to prove them
selves popular.
Although the time has not really
come for the different high schools to
be asking for these lectures, as It
requires some time for -the dlfferen-.
i localities to work up these courses.
| still three high schools have asked
for the lecturers.
I The high schools at Maysville. Stone
I Mountain and AA’arrenton have arrang
ed for a series of lectures at each
I place and will make their selections
I of lecturers later on. Other high
schools have the question under con-
I sideration and w’ili later ask for lec
turers. The movement promises to
lie a great success.
Will be Buried Here
Today.
Yesterday morning -Minus McQueen
a young white man from Hall county,
died in this city aftor a brief illness
with meninlgitis.
McQueen came here a few months
since from his home lu Hall county
to work for the Moss Manufacturing
Company. AVhlle at work there he had
the misfortune to get his hand tangled
up in a. machine and lost a thumb This
injury was quite painful, but was not
of a serious nature and after a few
day’s his thumb almost healed.
Just about the time he was ready-
go back to work, he was attacked
by meninlgitis and from that time his
despaired of. He was given
attention but to no avail.
McQueen will be
Working for Sawmill
Company.
Orrin G. Kelley, the young man
from Dublin, who entered the Cniver
;ity- last October and a few days la
er disappeared, has been located.
His people did not know where he
had gone and wrote to Chancellor
Barrow to learn where he was, if pos
sible. The chancellor could find noth
ing that would lead to a discovery of
the young fellow. The newspapers
took up the quest and as a resnlt he
has been located.
I He was found in Camilla, Ga.. where
he was at work for a sawmill compa
ny. He said he told a schoolmate he
was going to visit a brother at Vada,
Ga., but that he stopped at Camilla,
where he secured a good Job, and had
not notilled his people of his change
” intention.
AYe will sell a lot of small and me
diuni neckpieces of real mink, stone
martin and seal at manufacturers’
cost. They are the prettiest line of
fine furs ever brought to Athens. Reg
ular price from $10 to $65; they will
be sold at a reduction of fram 25 to
S3 1-3 per cent
This is your chance to buy a real
fur at a grent deal less than valU“.
Like solid jewelry, they will last a
life time. IVe are receiving new ship
ments of furs by every express train.
Big shipment of silk stockings foi
Christmas trade.
phone 221.
Public Speaker Interrupted
Public speakers are frequently in
terrupted by people ooughlng. This
would not happen if Foley s Honey
and Tar were taken. as tt cures
cough* and colds and prevents pneu
monia and consumption. The genuine
contains no opiates and Is In a yellow
package. Sold hy all druggists.
PAY COUNTY TAXE8.
Pay your county taxes today. Books
close December 20th. H. H. Unton,
tax collector.
ENTERTAINMENT BY
GREAT ORCHESTRA
Have you gotten your seat for the
Hungarian Orchestra, which ts topla^
at the Y. M. C. A- AYednesday night?
Don't miss hearing these charming
artists, eight in number, who are as
tine musicians as appear on the Ly-
reum platform.
These musicians have been heard
hy a number of Athenians who are en
thusiastic over their beautiful play
ing. and say that it will be the great
est musical treat, ever enjoyed in Ath
ens.
Your Vote:
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will
appreciate your vote if cast for Miss
Hattie Gtalligher In watch contest
at Dreamland: or you can give her
your ticket at Davlson-NIcholson Com
pany’s store.