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THE BANNER, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1911.
MATH
ER
H. J. ROWE,
Editor and Proprietor.
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NEBRASKA ELIMINATES BRYAN.
Mr. ltryan ought to go way back and sit down now'. The democrats of
Nebraska, in state convention assembled, passed up their platform without
a word to say about the peerless one or any of his policies. That ought to
be enough to put Bryan on notice that even his own state is opposed to his
further efforts to dominate the democ ratic party.
It is however very doubtful whether Mr. Bryan can be thus choked off, 'At the Capital; the Kimball bor bureau the bill creating it, which
HIM “OOP
SERVED TO ORDER
New Labor Bureau
Now For Georgia
Atlanta, Ua., July 2t>.—To defray
the expenses of the proposed state la-
even by his own state. He believes lie should continue to butt in and he
w ill no doubt do so on all occ asions where he thinks he can have any effect.
There was a strong minority in the convention favorable to th«~ endorse
. . . mem of Governor Harmon for the presidency, but this minority did not push
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TELEPHONE NO. 75.
The house of representatives in
Atlanta has endorsed the plan for
the establishment of a state labor
bureau. It will now be seen what
the senate has to say about that
proposition.
The fall season is almost here and
with it there should come some big
amusement features tor the people
».f this city and seel'on. The people
of Athens should get a move on them
and provide for some such amuse
tiient feature.
War clouds are hovering over
Morocco on account of the recent mis-
. understanding between France and
Germany. The situation is rather
acute and several nations in Europe
may possibly become involved be
fore the trouble is over.
_ A bill to pay all school teachers
monthly is before the general assent-
-w«lbly. If that bill will have the effect
of having the teachers paid promptly,
it shonld * be passed. The greatest
disgrace this state now rests under
is its persistent failure to pay its
teachers their salaries promptly.
The University Summer School
lms passed through one of its most
successful seasons, and will adjourn
Its session next Wednesday. This in
stitution is doing much for the train
lr.g of the leathers of the state and
the making of our state school sys
tern more efficient in many ways.
Nebraska has • liminated Mr. Bryan as far as the action of the state
convention could do so, but the question is, will Mr. Bryan remain elimi
nated? Tne answer is very plain. He will not be content to so remain.
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THE CENTER OF POPULATION.
it was believed that the eenttr of population in the United States would
move a little toward the South when the figures of the last census were
given out. hut a close tabulation of these figures shows that the center of
population shifted thirty-one miles to the west and seven-tenths of a mile to
the north.
There is no doubt about the continued movement of the center of popu
lation toward the west, because of the vast uninhabited portions of the coun
try in tlie western half, hut there is no reason why there should he any fur
(her northward tendency.
The South is just beginning to strike its stride and another census will
bring the center of population southward. At present the center is in In
diana. 551 miles east of the geographical center. Another census should
put the renter of population somewhere in the state of Kentucky.
The drift of population is sure lo be southward in another decade. The
farmers of the wesi are becoming dissatisfied and are seeking new lands.
The farming lands of the South, rich in all the essentials necessary to the
growing of great crops and comparatively cheap are offering the induce
ments for people to move ir.to this section. This will cause a change in the
center of population to the South
4
FOREIGNERS AND THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
The average foreigner who lands in America is suspicious of ail private
banks. He will not put his money in the ordinary savings banks because ho
has little faith in them. He has faith in government, however, and the pos
tal savings hanks will appeal to him
It is expected that when the postal savings banks are opened in the
larger cities of the North that there will be a rush of foreigners to make
their deposits. They will willingly trust the government with their money
where they would not trust the private banks.
Now the government will take the money and pay a low rate of inter
est on It: then the government will take this same money and transfer It
to the same banks that the depositors would not trust with their money and
will charge those hanks a higher rate of interest, so as to make a neat profit.
The government will be In Just that much, but the foreigners who made the
deposits might jnst as well have received the higher rate of Interest for
themselves had they had the faith In the private banks.
The government Is now preparing to open postal savings banks In a
number of the larger cities of the country. The experiment was first tried
with the smaller cities, then with cities of the middle size ana now with the
larger cities. The government professes to believe that the postal savings
hanks are thriving and that the experiment in this country Is a thorough
success, but It will take a few more years of actual experience before it can
be stated positively that the system is a success. There are many shoals
over which the boat must pass before safety is reached.
The house committee favors the
appointment of a state auditor ami
the house will soon pass on this
measure. Joe Hill Hall, the antlior
of the measure, is ail smiles. It is
bis hobby and he has been • fighting
for it for years. It provides for the
appointment of a state auditor for a
term of office of four years with
salary of three thousand dollars per
annum.
The house of representatives h is
pissed the bill submitting an amend
ment to strike* from the state con
stitution the words that restrict the
use of the common school funds to
the teaching of only the elementary
branches. If the constitution should
finally he amended in this particular,
then this money could lie used for
the teaching of high school subjects
and the rural schools placed In posi
lion to do just as advanced work as
the schools in the cities. There is
merit in the proposition and it is to
be hoped that the measure will be
come a low and that the people o(
the slate will by their ballots sanc
tion the ehange in the constitution.
An unlimited service pension bill
is how before the (ienrgia legislature.
Such a measure should not pass. The
state of Georgia should at all times
be willing to take care of all her
Confederate veterans and their wid
ows who need taking care of. and
this state does that and does it well,
lint there is no sense in giving pen
sions to the wealthy or to men who
tire not in need of them. If the state
wishes to increase its expenditures
on this line, then let the amount
paid to each veteran who needs It
lie Increased rather than add to the
number receiving it the names of
those who do not need it. The state
now- pays more than a mllllan dol
lars in pensions annually. That is do
ing well by tile veterans and there
can lie brought forward no reason
why the bars should tie let down to
admit to the right of pension those
who do not in the least stand in
need of it.
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♦ THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 4
♦ July 27. 4
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♦ 1689—The adherents of James 4
♦ II. defeated the forces of ♦
♦ William III. a* Killiecrankie. 4
♦ 1752—Gen. Samuel Smith, who 4
4 held Fort Mifflin for seven 4
♦ weeks against the entire 4
♦ British squadron, born in ♦
♦ Lancaster, Pa. I>ied in Bal- 4
♦ timore. April 22. 1829. 4
♦ 1757—Franklin reached London ♦
4 as Colonial agent. 4
♦ 1828 -Gilbert Stuart. famous 4
♦ liortrait painter, died in Bos- 4
*■ ton. Born in Narragansett. 4
4 It. I., Dec. 2, 1755. 4
♦ 1S20—Revolutionary outbreak in 4
♦ Paris, ending in the abdion- 4
4 tion of Charles X. a few 4
4 days later. 4
♦ 1847—Brigham Young became 4
4 lieaj of the Mormon church. 4
4 1894- War declared between 4
4 Japan and China. 4
4 1898—Commodore Davis of the 4
4 United States navy captured 4
4 Ponce, Porto ltiro. 4
4 1901—The new battleship Maine 4
♦ was launched at Philadel- 4
4 phia. 4
4 1910—Ohio republicans nominal- 4
4 ed Warren G. Harding for 4
4 governor. *
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tion case in Kentucky before he was
20 years of age. He was offered the
nomination for vice president at the
Denver convention, but declined, and
has several times been tendered the
support of his party for governor of
Kentucky. Since 1902 he has repre
sented the First Kentucky district in
the house of representatives. He i
known as a low tariff democrat and
at: uncompromising party man.
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4 THIS IS MY 40TH BIRTHDAY. 4
4 Ollie M. James. 4
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Ollie M. James, who has been in
dorsed by Kentucky democrats for
the United States senate, was born
in Crittenden County, Kentucky, July
27, 1871. He began his career as a
page in the Kentucky legislature and
when he was only 26 years old lie
was sent as a delegate to the Chicago
convention which nominated Bryan
being made chairman of the delega
tion. In two subsequent conventions
h< served in the same capacity. In
1908, he seconded the nomination of
Bryan at the Denver convention. .Mr.
James was the leading counsel for
the late Governor Goebel in the cel
ebrated contested gubernatorial elec-
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4 WHAT LEGISLATURE
4 DID ON WEDNESDAY
4
4 HOUSE.
4 Refused lo reconsider vote on
4 bill establishing slate bureau of
4 labor.
4 Introduced and pass' d number
4 of local bills.
4
4 SENATE.
4 Tabled service pension bill af-
4 ter a tliree-hour debate.
4 Passed a resolution creating a
4 standing commission to handle
4 the leasing of the Western and
4 Atlantic railroad.
4 Passed several local bills.
4 Received several new bills.
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The democratic leaders of the sen
te are calling for Governor Smith
resign and route on to Washington
at once to belli them out. in their
fight for the reduction of the tuirff
Ills vote is needed there and it is
tc him whether lie will tons* nt
allow the democracy to be place
in a position where its hands
be tied.
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House You Can Get it
To Order.
Political "dope” to order is being '
rved in Atlanta to suit the taste of,
Farmers’ Institute
For Oglethorpe
Lexington, (la.. July 26.—At tile
farmers' institute held here Monday
those present organized and elected
. officers to preside for the coming year
, over an agricultural institute. Its
| purpose is to advance the agricultural
i interests of Oglethorpe county, and it
will see that an institute is held ev
ery year for the purpose of promoting
progressive farming in every branch.
A large number of farmers immedi
ately joined and are now enthusiastic
members, and it is likely that in a
short while the membership will num
ber several hundred.
FORMER ATHENS CITIZEN
IS DESPERATELY ILL
Mr. R. K. Pridgeon, for Years Con
nected with the City, Is III at
Soldiers’ Home.
News reached Athens last night of
the dangerous illness in the Soldiers'
Home at Atlanta of Mr. R. K. Prid
geon, who was for years a valuable
employe of the city in official capacity
about the city hall. He was a mem
ber of the official family for many
years and hundreds will wish for him
speedy recovery.
passed the house on Tuesday, author
ized $6,0(10 for salaries and expenses.
I provides for a commissioner of la
bor at a salary of $2,400 per annum,
an assistant at $1,800 per annum, a
stenographer at $900 per annum and
ah who are iim rested in the drama $000 iter annum for expenses. The
hich is being enacted by Governor ( bureau will have authority to compile
inita and oilier politicians ill the statistical information of labor condl-
state. lions in general in Georgia, investi-
generally believed that Gov-j gate labor in mills and factories, as
nor Smith will lemain in office u:i- j especially relating to child labor, and
latter part of November in or j it: various ways improve tile laboring
r that lie may make good his prom- conditions in the state.
for appointments made during ,
lenatorial contest. II was freely
Iked around the mpitol and in
Kimball house lobby yesterday
that no more appointments of ttie
vernor would he confirmed at Ibis
ssion of the legislature. This much
the senate seems :o tie fixed on.
riends of Governor Smith, however,
ate that he will make the appoint
ments just so soon -is the legislature
adjourns, but on the other side of the
it is said that when lion. J. M-
aton comes in as governor and the
legislature meets to inaugurate a gov
ernor in January that all the appoint
ments made by the governor now will
be withdrawn and likely other parties
ill be appointed by Governor Slaton
or his successor in office.
Dissatisfied with Pope Brown.
Governor Smith and his political
friends are uneasy over the candidacy
of Pope Brown for governor. They
do not feel that he Is the man to rep-
sent their wing of the party and
1th "Little Joe" Brown in the race.
Pope Brown would not be in the run
ning.
Then again the record made by
Pope Brown for entering races for of
fice and retiring is another argument
why he should not he the leader of
the Smith faction. The people of
the state feel that it is not safe to
tie to him as a candidate who will
not last throughout all heats.
At Wajvross Saturday Mr. Brown
opened his campaign. It was an
nounced that three thousand people
were present to hear him. From re
ports received at the capital from clt-
ixens present, the crowd is said not
to have reached two hundred, men,
women and children.
This has discouraged the followers
of the Smith faction and they are
now looking around for some one else
to enter the race. It is common talk
that Governor Smith and many of his
followers prefer T. S. Felder, now at
torney general of the state, to head
the ticket for the Smith faction. It
is believed by them that on account
of the splendid showing made by him
last year against Hon. Hewlett Hall
that he would make the strongest
race of any representative in the
Smith faction. On the other hand it
is argued, and many in both factions
agree, that the large vote received by
Mr. Felder for the office of attorney
general was due to the fact that tho
voters of this state were under the
impression that they were voting for
lion. T. B. Felder, of Atlanta. Tom
B. Felder, of Atlanta, is one of the
best known lawyers in the state and
enjoys the acquaintance and friend
ship of citizens in practically every
lown, city, county and hamlet in tho
state. On account of the name it *s
aigued that T. S. Felder profited suf
ficiently to gain enough votes to bring
about his election.
The Smith orguns in Atlanta are
attacking the administration of "Lit
tle Joe" Brown just as if lie bail an
nouneed his eandidac v, which is tak
en by the people over the state as an
admission of his strength and t lie
absolute certainty of his election
should he announce.
Primary Election.
A report was circulated at the cap-
itol yesterday to the effect that Gov
ernor Smith was much exercised over
i:n article sent out from Washington.
and published in tho Atlanta
Constitution yesterday. It is stated
that he has said to some of his close
friends that lie would now remain rt
the office of governor just as long aj
he could before the opening of con
gress in December, and that short It
lie would have the executive commit
tee to call a primary for the selection
of a governor to su; coed him when
he retires from the office.
This report caused much comment
pro and con. but it is generally be
Ht-ved that the governor will see ti
1*. that the primary is held before
many weeks and certainly before he
retires from the office of governor.
Summing up the "dope" being hand
ed out and easting over the political
ground around the .apitol and the
Kimball house, it is certain that
Georgia will have a primary within
the next few- weeks and the candi
dates will be "Little Joe" Brown anJ
Thomas S. Felder.
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TRAINS DEPART.
For Macon 6:30 a.m.
For Macon 3:35 p. m
Trains Arrive.
From Macon 12:05 p. m.
From Macon 9:20 p. m.
Connections made at Madison with
Georgia Railroad, east and west, and
ati Macon for all points south.
For information: Phone 610 or 15.
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J. C. HELLNER, Depot Agent
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