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THE BANNER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY S, 1910.
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Published - Daily, Sunday and Weakly.
H. J. ROWE,
Editor and Proprietor.
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TELEPHONE. NO. 75.
Join the garden club.
0
Mayor Maddox of Atlanta a I sc
made a Rood business message.
0
Watch out for opportunities to *e
cure more conventions for Athens
this year.
0
Pull for Athens or—pull out. The
town’ll be better off and you won’t
feel so lonesome.
Many names are misnomers. Mil
lionaire John W. Friend left not a
penny to charity.
0
Make yourself a working commit
tee of one for the “City Beautiful."—
Athens this year.
0
It’s easier to tear down than to
build up. But Athens people don’t
want to do the easier thing.
0
THE POSTOFFICE DEFICIT.
The Banner a few days since took occasion to comment on tbe great
deficit that la shown In the national poatotfice department and called atten
tion to the folly of the republicans trying to put the blame for the deficit on
the rural free delivery of mall and the carrying of aecond-calss mail matter.
At the tame time It was pointed out that the chief cause for the deficit rested
In the great abuse of the franking privilege and the favoritism shown by the
republicans from a political standpoint. Other papers have been taking the
republicans to task for this deficit’and among them the New Orleans Daily
States, which has the following to say:
“AH well-regulated cltixens believe that graft and extravagance
should be cut out of every department of the public service. That
the postofflee department and every other department of the govern
ment are not administered along the most economical lines is a noto
rious fact. That the system under which they all operate permits,
if it does not indeed foster, extravagance and graft, is abundantly
illustrated by the scandals that are brought to light periodically, to
the disgust and humiliation of the nation.
"Every disinterested citizen believes that there is crying need
for a reform of the methods obtaining in the conduct of the postofflee
department. But if it be the purpose of the president and Mr. Hitch
cock to make the postoffice department a profit-paying institution it
is incumbent upon them to set about the matter in a practical way
and to introduce reforms along well-thought-out scientific lines. Al
ready tbe department pays heavy political dividends to the republican
party; but it must be apparent to the most casual observer that few
institutions have such versatile fecundity as to enable them to pro
duce at the same time political and financial dividends.
“If Taft and Hitchcock are sincere in their professed desire to
make the postoffice department earn financial dividends for the gov
ernment, they must understand they con do so only at the sacrifice
of the political dividends which they are now reaping Irom it. la
other words, they will have to reduce the conduct of the department
to a business basis, conduct it upon the strictest Bort of business
principles, and cut out politics, favoritism and graft. The strongest
business house in the world would inevitably go to the wall were ;t
conducted along such wasteful and unbusinesslike lines as obtain in
the administration of the postoffice department.
"The troops of salary-grabbers who are holding on by virtue of
favoritism, to pay polltcal debts and often for even less creditaol *
purposes ought to be turned adrift; the enormously expensive frank
ing privileges should be abolished, so that tbe people would know
exactly what it costs them to conduct each department of their public
service; a new and honest system of determining the cost of trans
porting the mails ought to be adopted and a parcels post system. Un-
cost of which would be basts] upon distance, should be introduced.
Until business methods shall prevail in the conduct of the depart
ment heavy deficits are bound to result, and so long as the govern
ment insists upon using the postoffice department in paying the polit
ical. debts of the republican party it is the baldest hypocrisy for Taft
and Hitchcock to be endeavoring to find some excuse for laying the
blame for the deficit upon the newspapers."
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THE N. P. M.—HIS COLUMN. ♦
♦♦♦♦♦+*♦***♦*♦♦
Someone has asked me since 1 got
back on the job what those Cabalistic
iqttlals mean. Simply the “N-ews
P-aper M-sn.”
That’s all.
Two or three -years ago I began tills
little column In the Banner as a se
ries of little stories about experiences
have had as a newspaperman and
some other little stories about news
papermen. I have found that in the
magazines the stories which have
been pretty popular were railroad
stories with the whistle and Uie ex
haust of the steam and the scrape of
the brakes and the fascination of the
railroadman's work; or, the stories of
college life full or dinky little caps
and rah-rah-rah’8 and ball games; or,
(being a N. P. M, 1 must say it be
cause it is true) they, were stories of
the newspaper offices, the shrewd ro-
porier’s. tricks and setup* atnl beats
or of the excitement of tlie cam
paigns waged between rival sheets.
... «
Well, this is N. P. M. story and ii
Real estate Is high. Oh. yes; and
getting higher. There's no boom in
Athens—it’s steady, healthy growth
There’s a pulse of hope and a glow
of prospect in the Athens atmosphere
this good new year. Catch the tune.
Brother.
0
Wherever you go say “Athens” with
the pride the name deserves to he
pronounced with by those who know
her best.
0
In some quarters they object to the
noise of the factory whistles. Bring
your whistle to Athens—and the fac
tory along with it.'
0
Among those who wear the bright
est smiles are the Athens contractors.
They have a bright outlook—so to
speak—for the new year.
. 0
A home town, a place for invest
ments safe and profitable, an educa
tional center, the abode of culture
and refinement—that’s Athens.
Tbe Yale students wbo were put to
work shoveling snow off the slde-
' walks of New Haven struck. The
strike wll be called off in July.
0
There is no better investment
the United States today than Geor
gia farm lands. Now for systematic
work to let the world know about it.
' • o
The South is In a position to se
lect ita prospective immigrants. And
( *he ought to measure 'em and hunt
tip .their pedigrees before she installs
them.
o
The newspapers will still accept
checks for a smaller amount than a
dollar—though they could hardly be
expected to Issue any of a larger de
nomination. It's against the news
paper law of supply and command.
o
The Constitution's head-lines read:
“*100,000 Cash Deficit In the State
Treasury, as Shown by the Figures.”
The Journal’s head-lines said “Over
1400,000 in State Treasury.” Now
what auditing committee will recon
cile the discrepancy? a
0 —
Roosevelt the Strenuous has made a
fauna find in Darkest Africa. This
time ft is a -species of the otocyon
< don't get it mixed with octo-pns)
and the scientists have already ex
pressed a desire to christen the help
less little thing “Otacyon Roosevelt’
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY. +
January 5. ♦
■t
1776—Mescbech W’eare became ♦
+ president of New Hatup- 4*
4- shire. +
<• 17S1—Benedict Arnold, in the •>
employ of the British, nscen-4-
ded the James river and de- •>
si roved a large quantity of 4-
♦sores at Richmond. 4*
1816—Sir George Provo/', lioied ❖
Engl'rh soldier died. Bom •>
May 10, 17117. *>
1S4S—Discovery •) luagm’ic *
clock by Dr. Locke of Ohio, v
<■ 1853—Omar Pacha arrived in *
the Crimea with the Turkish 4-
army. +
4- 1861—Alabama troops seized 4*
4- Forts Morgan and Caines, ;n 4-
Mobile Bay. +
4- 186?.—Moses Wisner. twelflh 4-
governor of Michigan, died. 4*
4- Bom June 3, 1815. +
4- 1870—John S. Barry, fourth and 4*
4- eighth governor of Michigan, +
* died in Constantine, Mich. 4-
Bom in Vermont In 1802. *
4* 1896—Cecil Rhodes resigned the 4-
4> permiersbip of Cape Colony. ♦
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PADS AND FASHIONS
OF INTEREST TO LADIES
By Florence Fairbanks.
New York. Jan. 4.—The real cold
season, which usually comes during
January and February, may begin any
day and for that reason It is emi
nently proper to speak of furs and
fur fashions. Never before in the his
tory of fashion have furs been so
much in vogue as they are at preseat
Some of tbe furs, like seal, have be
come very scarce and corresponding
ly expensive, but the list of available
pelts has been augmented by the ad
dition o la number of furs which here
tofore were but little used by fash
ionable women. Notable among them
are rat, skunk, rabbit, black bear and
oppossum.
• * *
The skunk has never been very
IKipuiar and In years past many wom
en woudl have hesitated to wear its
|M>lt for any purpose. But today skunk
Is perforce, absolutely, unequivocally , g UJed on the mos ; tashlonable gar .
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* THIS IS MY 64TH BIRTHDAY. 4-
Rudolf Eucken. 4-
4- * •> 4- * 4> 4* 4- 4- 4- * 4* <• 4- 4-
Professor Rurolf Eucken, the cele-
■ated German writer, and p
pher, was bom 1 in Aprich, Ostfrles-
land. January 6 1846. His entire, life
since the completion of bis schooling
has been ■ spent as an academic and
university instructor. For mdny
years he has been professor of philo
sophy in the university of Jena. He
Is the author of a number of well
known works on religion and philo
sophy. Several years.ago he publish
ed a work on the “Higher Problems
of the Religion and Philosophy of the
Present Day.” This work attracted
widespread attention in literary and
scientific circles and led to the be
stowal upon the author of the Nobel
prize for “the most remarkable liter
ary work of an idealistic nature.”
tail of Halley’s comet next May, but
those who are accustomed to the trail
of an automobile will not mind it.
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Tho President will send two spe
cial messages to congress this week
dealing with an anti-trust act and
wilh the question of conservation.
Probably also conservatism.
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In a few days the farmers will be
gin to arrive to attend the cotton
school and the fanners* conference.
These qre to he made' great' Institu-
the second city in size in Georgia and tions by the State College of Agricul-
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Cooperation is the patron saint of
progress and parent of prosperity
Co-operation among the clear-headed,
enterprising business men of Athens
will make tbe Classic City in a few
years—an astonishingly few years—
one of the best in the South.
ture.
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September
October .
true. It’s about a newspaperman
Athens people know mighty well and:
love him just as well. The other
day Mr. W. A. Shackelford of the
Oglethorpe Echo down at Lexington,
whom all the newspapermen of Geor
gia have affectionately known for a
quarter o fa century as "Shack” made
a trip to a little town in North Caro
lina. That wasn’t unusual in any
wise, but the things that happened to
him on the way and back—since they
are true—make a chain of eo-lneident
happenings yon don’t run across ev
ery day in January.
• * *
Shackelford left his office and
his cosy home ill the Capital of Ogle
thorpe on a Saturday evening. II
reached Athens as he had read the
schedules in time to catch the South
ern train going north. Upon his ar
rival at the Southern depot he discov
ered that the Southern train had
left
Just three minutes before he reach
ed the station.
* « •
He returned to the center of the
city and put up, at the hotel to await
any other train which might put him
into his destination town early Sun
day. Wilh a casual friend he secured
a Seaboard folder and after figuring
for an hour discovered that the train
passing Athens at 12:15 would make
connection with a cross-Carolina
route and land him promptly In the
corned of the Tar-heel state he had
his eye upon. He looked at the office
clock. It showed 12:18.
He had missed that train by just
three minutes.
• * «
He stayed over night and attempt
ed tfi catch the Southern again only
to Rid that he, by some miscalcula
tion had failed to get to the station in
time and discovered that the train
he wanted bad pulled out—
Just three minutes ahead of bis
arrival at the ticket window.
* « •
He then endeavored to get the
Gainesville Midland, hoping that if
the Midland was on time the South
ern at Gainesville might be a little
late, and he could there got connec
tion. At 10:58 he reached Gaines
ville. hurried across to the Southern
depot to learn that the up train had
been on time, was still on time, and
that it had—
Left just three minutes before.
* • •
Tho next train was due at 1:30 go
ing north from Gainesville. In the
meantime (as the comic supplements
say) he strolled about town till he
remembered that he had a good
friend in the Queen City of -the Moun
tains. He called him by phone, to be
informed by his friend’s wife that her
husband—
“Had left for Sunday school just
about three minutes ago.”
• • •
Well, then Your Uncle AV/a was
queered about the three minutes
proposition good and proper. He
went to the carshed ever so many
minutes before train time—and
caught his train.
But on the return trip—
He missed connection in Athens for
the Georgia train by not exceeding
nine seconds shy of three minute?
caught an automobile and got to Lex
ington just three minutes after the
last member of bis family had arisen
from the dinner table.
- * • •
“Shack’ doesn’t pretend to explain
it He isn’t superstitous. Ho isn't
fazed by any mortal combinations of
Usual circumstances or conditions.
But he does want to know why in
the name of horology he happened to
make a miss of just three minute*
nine hundred times in one little trip
up to the Old North State and back.
—The N. P. M.
dents, either coats or gowns, princi
pally as border, in combination with
some shorter haired and far more ex
pensive pelts. The black bear is also
highly favored at present, although It
never stood as low in the estimation
of women as skunk. Even the mo3t
gorgeous fur coats of rare pelts, like
seal or chinchilla, are now trimmed
or bordered with skunk or black bear.
It is true, that these furs are ad
mirably suited for the purpose and
add an effective touch to garments of
other furs, yet it seems a trifle odd
that tlie choice of the women of fash
Ion, who can afford the mo3t expen
sive furs, should have fallen upon
these two lowly representatives of the
fur family. The furriers -show the
most luxurious coats of this type,
long ample garments, often crossing
in the front to fasten with one big
ornament or button below the waist
on the left side, the shaggy fur collar
filling in the space across the chest
that would otherwise be unprotected.
Sometimes the coat fronts cross high
er up and fasten on the left side at.
the bust line, falling in straight or
cutaway lines from that point.
Tho teachers of Georgia have morq
.7.4807.55 7.4607.501 patience and more -patriotism 1
public servants. They work
———| harder, demand less, are expected to
Marie Doro is to appear in Lon-I spend more for training, receive less
don in the leading feminie part of! pay and get it slower than any class
"The Climax” this season. j of the state’s employes.
popular model, shown in one of
the shops, has a big skunk collar and
fastens at the bust line in the middle
front with one big button or orna
ment. From there the skunk runs
down the two edges of the fronts in a
narrow band which broadens toward
the botton to sweep widely around
tho cutaway corners at the bottom In
to a broad band running around the
coat bottom. Another version of the
same idea has the right front but
toned across to the left side, but
slopes away gradually, to produce the
same effect as that of the first model
below the hip line. The sleeve may
he plain with a band cuff of skunk or
bear or fox, or again there is no cuff,
the trimming fur appearing only on
the collar and a wide hand around the
bottom.
• » •
Of course, seal is still the favorite
fur for long coats, but little real seal
is used, the French imitation having
been adopted for smart purposes be
cause of the exorbitant prices which
real seal now brings. Rich and be
coming coats reaching almost
quite to the ground are seen so much
in Paris, that they would be monoto
nous were it not for the variety
line and trimmings.
Some handsome models are built
upon nearly straight lines with the
coat skirts narrow all the way down,
but more are of the ample sort,
broadening toward the bottom. Many
of the carriage and auto coats are
practically built on kimono lines, tbe
fronts crossing and widening gradual
ly toward the bottom and the sleeve
and shoulder being but in one, though
not flaring widely In kimono sleeve
fashion.
* * •
It Is a long time since velvet has
been used so generally as it is just
now. and though the mode is extrava
gant the results justify the expendi
ture, which la not always the case,
if he’velvet gown is the dernier cri
just now in Paris, and these sumptu
ous velvet costumes are made even
richer by borders of fur in the luxu
rious Russian fashion. With t,hese
velvet gowns which are almost with
out exception in black, are worn Irish
or Venice lace collars and cuffs, the
latter being turne dup from tbe edge
of the elbow sleeve.
- * • •
A great many bridge, tea, luncheon
and afternoon theatre frocks of vel
vet are shown in the shops and each
seems more charming - than the last.
Over these dainty costumes in the
street are worn fur coats to the skirt
hem. or smartly cut topcoats of heavy
wool fabrics, with semi-fitting lines
and broad, tapering collars of skunk
or fox fur.
This winter black velvet coata bor
dered with fur are extremely fash
ionable. They mado their first ap
pearance at the horse show and at
once leaped into favor. Often the
long fur-trimmed velvet coat is ac
companied by a skirt also bordered
with fur, and one may own a whole
bock of fur, caracul end Persian lamb
coats being shown ttith ankle length
skirts and princess jumper dresses to
match.
■ * ;• » ;. ; ' •■!; ■ ■ -y..
Soft satins still remain among the
favorite fabrics for dance frocks of
the simpler kind, and when the ques
tion of economy must be considered, -
there are few ball gowns of a more
satisfactory material than this. When
the white satin evening goWn has
served its purpose it can always be
utilized In another season as a lining
under net or chiffon. And as a third
degree of utility it can do duty as a
lace-trimmed evening petticoat. The
short length of the new skirts are.
girlish and convenient to the flair
owners, and their partner* as well.
Frequently a simple frock of white
satin Is-built on full lines. Tbe skirt-
is slightly gathered, the bodice is’
draped and a graceful frill of Alencon
lace falls beneath the top line, A tiny
vest of gathered tutie fills in the -
space between the crossed bertha
lines. But softness and fnllneBS are
the guiding lines, and this is achieved
by the -borne dressmaker.
■* • •
There is every prospect that chen
ille trimmings will be extensively
used during the coming season. Chen
ille is extremely soft and elegant, and
comes as a smart relief from floss silk
and soutache. Upon ehchemlre de
sole ft is very effective, and tbe al
most inevitable plaque is receiving
the velvety touch of our old friend.
When twined over net yokes or Inser
tions, chenille shows to effective ad
vantage. It can be procured in all
colors, and when the decoration Is
considered, it is positively inexpen
sive.
• • •
instead of wearing pure whito
gloves in the afternoon, the fashion
able woman is now inclining toward
a delicate pearl shade or pale apricot
and tan colorings. Women find It
hard to approve of the sharp dividing
line between long sleeves and short
gloves, and are wearing with after
noon toilettes longer shapes, which
pass in wrinkled fulness over the
cuffs. 1
Gloves of two-button length are
wim with coat culta. The buttons -
are very large and are made of moth- m
er-of-pcarl. For driving mocha gUmk A
in plae colorings which, ft is strange^,-
to say, wear much better than the/
dark ones, are popular. Of course,
the evenings gloves are virtually the
same. Long white glace, with occa
sionally a decoration to carry oat tho
scheme of the gown, are worn.
• • •
The colors of the autumn , season
which were subdued and lovely, have
been reflected in winter hosiery.
Many variations of modo are present
ed in shadow stripes and checks. Pat
terns of a more elaborate character. ^
with embroidery and insertions' of
lace, are also offered in soft, neutral
tones. The lace used is generally
Mechlin or Valenciennes, died u>
match exactly the shade of the silk,
and the decoration is used so as to
cover the instep.
A non- cabocbon is In the market.
It is of stiff feathers, arranged in pin-
wheel fashion. These new cSboehons
are usually sufficiently ornamental
not to require any additional trim
ming.
<• WITH THE FIGHTER8. 4-
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Hie American Athletic Club, a new-
Boston boxing club, will stage bouts
of the no decision order,
Ray Bronson is willing to box Lew
Powell in San ,F!rancfsco providing
the weight is 133 pounds three hours
before the bout.
Bill Papke is to get 83,000 and 8500
additional for expenses for his end
In his coming fight with Willie Lewis
at Pari*.
A Wild Blizzard Raging
brings danger, suffering—often death.,
» thousands, who take colds,
coughs and Ingrippe—that terror of
winter and spring. Its danger signals
are ‘stuffed up,” nostrils, lower part
of nose sore, chills and fever, pain In
back of bead, and a throat-gripping
cough. When grip attacks, aa you
value your life, don’t delay getting-
Dr. King’s New Discovery. “One bot
tle cured me,* writes A. L. Dunn, of
Pine Valley, Mies., “after being laid
up* three weeks wtth grip.” For sore,
lungs, hemorrhages, coughs, colds.,
whooping cough, bronchitis, asthma. - la
It's supreme. 50c, 81.00. Guaranteed
by W. J. Smith & Bro.: H. R. Palm-r
& Sons.
Miss Billie Burke will make her
bow in New York as “Mrs. Dot” at
the Lyceum Theater the middle of
February.