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THE ATHENS BANNER.
Cotton 11 1-2 to 11 9-16.
ATHENS, GJL, THURSDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 14, 1911.
Weather: Fair.
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STATEMENT CLUB HOUSE
State School Super
intendent Pleased
With S. N. S.
Opening.
The Muscogee Practice School at
the State Normal School has literally
outgrown itself this early in the year.
There are fifty or sixty applicants for
admission that could not be granted
on account of lack, of room and other
accommodations. Many of the chil
dren who were last year in attend
ance and had their plans made to go
again this year found that when the
day of entrance arrived they had no
Elected to file their applications in
time and were crowded out. On ac
count of this crowded condition and
the dozens who are outside tho city
and who want to attend the school,
the county school commissioner will
bo asked and will likely arrange some
way of having them cared for In the
training school.
Splendid System.
Prof. Bruce, head of the department
of pedagogy, and director of the prac
tice school, and Miss Hicks, tho prin
cipal, have introduced a system of
teaching in the practice school that is
by far superior to any ever employed
in other schools. Tne senior class—
teachers from country and town
schools—are given turns teaching in
the practice school. One is drafted
to teach the classes in mathematics
and she goes fresh from the normal
class room of Prof. Hollingsworth,
whose business is to teach how to
arithmetic and in the practice
Into practl
theories and method*
lull' bod Imparted—and this putting
into practice la under, the direction of
tho head of the pedagogy department
and the supervision of Miss Hicks,
principal. Thus is the teaching how
to teach—the supreme work of tho
Normal School—taught easily, har
moniously, practically. The same ot
English under Prof. Brown and the
other blanches.
Remarkable Senior Class.
The institution had last commence
ment about the largest senior class
ever turned out from any state insti
tution in Georgia. There were left
eighty-seven members of the class
of 1912. There were efforts, of course,
made during vacation to draw these
seniors off to other institutions, but ot
the eighty-seven, eighty-five returned
—and there are several others who
qualified and entered the class of
1912.
Practical Departments.
Miss Randall, the head of the de
partment of domestic science and
home-making, is beginning wonderful
ly. Her work Is known through the
weeks of the summer school ot the
University and many there became
acquainted with the class of excellent
work she does. Her department Is
beginning well this fall at the S. N. S.
Prof. Sell, a graduate of the State
College ot Agriculture, has begun his
work well also and has already accu
mulated as a basis for a part ot his
study end teaching a dozen or more
samples of the soils of this section-
securing an undisturbed layer ot top
soli, subsoil, and clay. This Is only
one ot the features of his work.
More Boarding Places
There are already seventy-five more
students—all of them teachers—en
rolled than at this date last year. The
dormitories have long since been
crowded and efforts are being made to
find rooms for more young ladies in
the homes near the school.
Superintendent Pleased.
Superintendent of schools for the
state, Hon. M. L. Brittain of Atlanta,
was here yesterday at a meeting ot
the prudential committee of the hoard
of trustees, and he visited most ot the
department and most of the class
rooms. He expressed himself os un
qualifiedly pleased with the work of
the school and especially was he
pleased with the showing the new
teachers are making.
Col. T. J. Shackelford
Gives a More De
tailed Interview
To the Journal.
Mr. I. A. Shirley, special represen
tative of the American Coffee Co. of
New Orleans, Is In the city calling
upon his many friends and customers
In the Interest ot the famous "St
Charles Coffee.” Messrs. Arnold 4
Abney are the exclusive agents for
this well known blend in Athens.
Country Club Meets
to Launch Work
on New Club
House.
MUSIC
New Instruments and
Additional Teacher
at the State Nor
mal School.
In the Journal of last night there
appears additional light on the Judge
ship situation in the city court of Ath
ens by reason of the fuller interview
which Col. Shackelford gave out. The
dispatch would indicate that the court
was in session yesterday—but the At
lanta paper only used the story a day
late and dated It up. Here Is the dis
patch:
Judges Make No Fight.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 13.—Judge H. S.
West called the city court to order at
9 o’clock this morning to try some
cases pending. The newly appointed
judge, Hon. T. J. Shackelford, was not
present. Tho commission of Judge
Shackelford is from this date, but tho
first regular term of the.city court un
der his commission will not be held
till the 3rd Monday in November. He
will not call a special term of the
court.
At the recess of the city court at
noon Judge West was seen and said:
As I have said all the time. I did
not expect any unseemily conduct In
the organization of the court, and
have said all the time that there
would be none on my part.
“I opened court this morning as us
ual and conducted the business from
the docket. I propose to continue to
conduct the court in the proper man
ner until my successor Is duly and le
gally appointed and qualified, or I am
displaced by a Judgment of the court,
dther event will allow me to
LOt
law and In a proper manner.”
When seen this morning Colonel
Shackelford said: "No one who
knows me ever thought for a moment
that I would be a party to any un
seemly and sensational struggle In a
courtroom.
T have too much respect for myselt
end the office to participate in any
such scene. I had hoped that Judge
West would take the samo view of it.
Had I followed his ideas of proprie
ties in the matter there undoubtedly
would have been a clash.
"Whatever Judge West may think
about my right to hold the office, he
must know that his own time has ex
pired. This being true I do not see
why he should trouble himself about
the legality of my appointment. Ev
ery day that he holds court beyond
the 12th he Is holding it in violation
of law an& order and nnder no right
except that which Is presumed to go
with physical force.”
“Judge West’s announcement that
he will continue qs Judge regardless
of the appointment of Governor Smith
comes with had grace since he was an
earnest applicant for reappointment
up until the last hour even when he
knew that the senate would not take
up any of Governor Smith’s appoint
ments for confirmation. When he
thought he had a chance for appoint
ment he bad no doubt of the legality
of the appointment; now he Is firmly
convinced that the governor never
did have any right to appoint any
body.
“Much has been said about this be
ing a test case. It is rather an ex
ception. Time will demonstrate that
no other appointee who failed to re
appointment will make such a fight”
This evening at 6 o’clock, the Clov-
erhurst Country Club will hold a
called meeting in the offices of the
Columbia Fire Insurance Co. on the
seventh floor ot the Southern Mutual
br,tiding to discuss plans to be submit
ted by Mr. Fred J. Orr for the new
club house and to take such steps as
are deemed necessary to start Imme
diate work on its erection.
The members of the club are urged
to attend this meeting so that nothing
will prevent the present plans from
being promptly carried out.
During the past ten days there have
been twenty-nine new applications for
membership In the Country Club.
This Is a good insight into the way
the men of Athens are looking on the
erection of the club house. It will
undoubtedly mean a new era In the
social life of Athens and will fill o
long felt want In this city.
It is expected that work on the new
club house will be started by Oct. 1st.
SEEJAW
Maine Wet and Diy
Both Yesterd
May fee
E OF BASE
Mr. J. M. McCurdy, known to his
hundreds of riends for years as "Capt
McCurdy,” who has been with Mr. W.
H. Davis for several years. Is now
with the new market of Mr. J. van
Straaten on Jackson street, next the
fireman’s halL Mr. McCurdy had
many years experience in the market
business and he will he delighted to
meet his friends and his old patrons
at his new place of business.
Fox River Butter.
We are agents for this celebrated
butter. Fresh butter all the time. Ar
nold & Abney. Phone 1076.
Dunwoody’s Best Flour.
Arnold & Abney have w fresh ship
ment Your money back If It fails to
please.
Owing to the large registration at
the State Normal school and the de
sire of many new students to perfect
themselves in the various branches
of common school music, it has been
found necessary to increase the facul
ty and facilities of this popular de
partment. Two new pianos have
been ordered and will be at the school
within a few days and a now music
studio has been opened. Mrs. J. W.
Bailey, the organist at the Firet Bap
tist church of this city, has been en
gaged as the extra music teacher.
The following is the music faculty
to date: Miss Wood, voice teacher
and head of the department. Miss
Hardy, Miss Herron and Mrs. Bailey,
teachers of piano. r
The demand for teachers of music
In our common schools Is Increasing
year by year and the Slate Normal
Is endeavoring to meet this demand.
At the lowest possible cost, a thor
ough training in this subject may bo
obtained at this school. Besides the
branches that naturally are classed
;>o common school music, the student
may get advanced work that will fit
her for any of the requirements of
our secondary schools and colleges.
Class singing, recitals and chorus
work form an attractive feature of
school life and during the coming
year the public will have an oppor
tunity to witness the advance made
by these young teachers of the state.
One Tod^y,
Portland, Me., Sept. IS.—Town
clerks’ returns from 402 out of the
521 cities, towns and plantations in
the state give a majority aglnst repeal
of the prohibitory liquor law of 531.
The vote on the face of these returns
stands:
For repeal, 60,097.
(Against repeal, 60,628.
Another View of It.
The Portland Evening Express, a
prohibition paper, controlled by the
family of the late Neal Dow, this af
ternoon issued a bulletin stating that
Maine had gone "wet” by 500 votes.
Mrs. Alice Lavender, aged thirty-
six years, and the wife of Hr. W. R.
Lavender of the Boston Bakery estab
lishment, died yesterday afternoon
about one o’clock at her home at 1030
Water street. She leaves a husband
and seven children, the youngest a
tiny little arrival only a day and a
half old now.
The body was taken In charge by
the undertaking establishment ot Mil-
ler Company and will be shipped this
morning at 7.10 to the former home
of the deceased in Bogart. There the
funeral will occur this afternoon at
the church in Bogart and the burial
takes place afterward in the old fam
ily burying plat near the old home.
Mrs. Lavender was a good woman
and a faithful and loving wife and
mother. Those bereaved have many
friends who sincerely sympathize
with them In their deep affliction and
loss.
II
RORY O’MOORE"
This is the dramatic, touching story
of an 'Irish patriot and every picture
was photographed In "Ould Olreland'
Itself. This is the grandest scenic
background possible to have. It Is
based on s beautiful and wonderfully
thrilling and tender story and It is a
wonderfully thrilling picture The
picture Is really splendid. The Lyric
will show it today.
Concord Grape*, 25c.
Fresh shipment by express this
morning. Arnold ft Abney.
ACCEPTED
Prof. F. J. Orr’s Res
ignation was Ac
cepted by the
Committee.
Said That Member
of ’04 Class will
Get University
Position.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 12.—(Special.)—
Pursuant to recent action of the board
of trustees of the University, author
izing the naming of on assistant to
Professor Charles S. Strahan In his
highway engineering work, Chancel
lor Barrow has announced that he
will name John C. Koch, of the class
of 1904, for the position. Mr. Koch la
Professor Strahan's choice for the
position.
He had an exceptional record while
In the University, end has had several
years of experience In road and bridge
building, having constructed over 200
miles of road for the government in
the Philippine Islands.
The coming of Mr. Koch means that
the road building work being done by
the engineering department of the
University will he greatly extended,
and that the training of road engin
eers nnder Intelligent direction wll]
be an important part of the Univer-
sity’B work in future.
The above appeared in the yester
day’s Issue of the Atlanta Constitu
tion. whose editor Is a member of the
board of trustes of the University of
Georgia. The story was not sent out
by tho Athens correspondent to that
paper, was not sent from the chancel
lor’s or the registrar’s office nt th*
University, and Prof. Strahan does
not know anything of the appoint
ment
it Is known, however, that the
chancellor has recommended the se
lection of Mr. Koch for the place on
the earnest recommendation of th*
head of the engineering department.
Prof. Strahan—and hod sent a com
munication relative to bis selection,
referendum fashion, to the members
of the board of trustees for their ex
presslon of choice. Replies to the let
ters have not yet been received.
The prudential committee of th*
board of trustees of the State Normal
School, consisting of President T, J>
Shackelford of the board. Prof. M. L.
Brittain, state school superintendent,
chairman of the committee. Chancel
lor Barrow of the University, Col. W.
J. Morton, and Mr. El J. Bundurant
both of this city, held a meeting yes
terday afternoon.
The meeting was called for Tues
day, but a delayed train prevented
Prof. Brittain, chairman of the com
mittee, from reaching the city till lata
at night.
The committee, which has author
It;- and jurisdiction in matters of
emergency and of such nature as tha;
the entire board need not be assem
bled, attended to a number of mat
ters of detail nature which were not
out of the ordinary.
The resignation of Prof. Fred J
Orr, head of the department of man
ital arts, was accepted by tho commit-
lee for the board. The following res
olutions were passed by the commit
tee relative to this action of the
board:
Resolutions.
•Resolved, That the Prudential
Committee do not at this time fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Prof. Fred Orr by reason of the fact
that the president of the Normal
School has not had sufficient time to
present a nomination for tho posi
tion.
Resolved, That Miss Linton be
asked to assume the duties of the
place temporarily with suitable in
creq*e a iiL salary while continuing in
cfcojege-nii^eftf gztra. duties.
''Resolved, That '{be president be
instructed to be ready with a noml
nation for the head of this depart
ment ot the school as soon as possi
ble.
"Resolved, That Miss Linton he
paid extra for extra services during
the time of service. Miss Maude C
Townsend was elected assistant to
Miss Linton under terms of resolu
tion.’
Miss Linton has been connected
with the school for eight years and Is
one of the most capable members of
the faculty. She ranks with tho best
In her department and the school
will have In her at the head of the
manual arts one of the ablest teach
era to be secured.
The State Normal School has ad
hered to the policy of selecting teach
ers of superior ability regardless of
where they may come from, and in
recognizing Miss Linton’s worth to
the school, every Athenian should feel
proud of the board’s selection by the
committee.
Cornfield Beans.
Nice and tender, 15c. gallon. An
nold & -Abney. Phono 1076.
Fresh Corn.
Shelled Peas, Egg Plants, Hard-head
Cabbage, Arnold & Abney. Phone 1079
Important Meeting
Will be Held To
night. Many
Matters Up.
There will be an adjourned meet
ing of the mayor and council this
evening at half after eight o’clock at
the city hall.
A delegation of citizens owning
property and residing on Dearlng
street will be present to petition coun
city to repeal a resolution passed
some days since providing for
the pavement of the sidewalks on
that street. It is understood that
delegation of citizens living on the
same street will be present and urge
the council to stand pat and pave the
walks. The matter will be heard and
considered by the council.
The appeal case of H. Baker, charg
ed with keeping whiskey on hand for
sale, will be tried by the council and
possibly other appeal cases will be
taken up.
Besides the special matters, a large
number of paving ordinances will be
read and passed providing for the Im
mediate payment of the granolithic
sidewalks on Milledge avenue.
The meeting will be at busy one
and one of much importance
MILLIONS RAISED
Foreign Syndicate Pleeges'an
Amount Up to Seventy-
Five Million.
BARBECUE TODAY
Today is the day the Ladles’ Aid
Society of the Christian church will
serve barbecue. The old Orr home,
corner Dougherty and Pulaski streets,
is the place. You’ll find no trouble
getting there—the rich aroma of
Brunswick stew will attract you.
Then a committee of ladles will see
that you enter the right gate—the Pu
laski side.
Those who have not secured tick
ets. may buy at the gate.
From 5:30 to 7 is the time—this,
Thursday p. m.
Mr. Browne, who has delighted the
audiences at tho Majestic for two
weeks past, will render a special song
today—“Jimmie Valentine.” This
song was dedicated to James B. War
ner, who originated the part of James
Valentine in the play of that name
which ran so long in New York. The
song Is a character solo which Is well
worth hearing and enjoying.
Lynn's orchestra will furnish music
from 8 to 10 this evening.
Delaware Grape*.
Those delicious little red grapes.
Arnold ft Abney. Phone 1076,
Montgomery,- Ala., Sept. 13.—P^esl- w a
dent Charles S. Barrett, of the Farm- y,
era’ Union, announced today, follow,-—t
ing a conference yesterday with a
representative of a French-English
syndicate, that the syndicate has as
sured any volume of money np to sev
enty-five million dollars at six per vj
cent for financing the South's cotton ■*
crop. The cotton is to be put up as
security.
The deal is to be consummated by
a committee composed of a banker
and two members ot the Farmers*
Union.
Mr. Barrett declared that this sum,
together with sixty million already
assured from th© east, will give abun
dant financial facilities.
E
Some of the Old Courthouse
Bonds will be Paid Off
Soon.
The tax rate fixed this week by the
hoard of county commissioners pt
roads and revenue includes the ex-
ln-nses that will come upon the coun
ty. It includes also a small propor
tion for the purpose of retiring sever
al bonds of th© county.
The commissioners state that they
will take up the $1,500 of the road Im
provement bonds—all that mature.
They will also pay off $1,000 of the
old courthouse bonds—bonds floated
in 1SS2 for the purpose ot raising
money to build the present court
house, which has now by far been
outgrown by the increasing business
needful In a courthouse in & common-
ity as populous as Athens and Clarke
county are. There are $23,000 of
these bonds yet unliquidated—the
board will begin and in a modest way
clear up that old Indebtedness a little
at a time.
THE SHRUBBERY AND ^
TREES BEING .TRAINED
Th© University Is a place of train
ing. This week the shrubbery and
trees on the campus are being pruned
and trained and directed in the ,
they should grow and go. Mr. T.
Dennington la the teacher In thi*
class at "Georgia.-