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ATHENS, GA* WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
Weather: Fair, hot.
LUCY COBBIM
Fifty-Third Session of This Historic Old
School For Georgia Girls Begins This
Morning; Many States, Too, Are
Represented in Student Body.
Court Officials 87-Year-old
Father Breaks up Gaming Gang
With a splendid attendance, both
in the boarding and day school de-
''partments, Lucy Cobb Institute en
ters upon its 53rd session today.
The outlook is particularly bright
this year. Every room is taken. The
girls and the teachers have assem
bled from many states, refreshed by
the vaction, and full of interest and
enthusiasm for the work of the com
ing year.
There will be girls of all ages, from
three to eighteen or so. Even the
■very youngest will be provided for, as
there is an interesting kindergarten
It connection with Lucy Cobb, under
tbe direction of Miss Jessie McGre
gor, of Athens.
The teachers in the regular faculty
are as follows: Professor J. Lustrat,
French: Miss Liddell, English; Miss
Kirk, German, Latin, and athletics.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, of Philadel
phia, a graduate of Cornell, who comes
to take the place of Miss Van Deusen
In tbe science department; Miss De-
Sba, voice; Miss Mott and Miss Edith
Hodgson, piano; Miss Kate Hodgson,
violin; Miss Jennie Smith, art; Miss
Mary Lyndon, history; Miss Carolyn
Cobb, oratory; Miss Mary Ann Ruck
er, Intermediate department; Miss
Marlon Bloomfield, assisted by Miss
Dorothy Selby, primary.
Much attention will be given,
usal, to the physical welfare of the
girls. The athletic iife of the school
has developed very strikingly in the
last few years, and the boarders now
have the benefit and pleasure of in
dulging in basketball, swimming, ten
nis, and oftMT turns of the physical
Ten or Twelve Thous
and Bales Have
Been Marketed
Already Here
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Cotton continues to roll into Ath
ens by rail and wagon in heavier
amounts than at this time last year.
The crop is being marketed rapidly
here despite the cry of "hold cotton
till October!” Last Saturday there
were seven or eight hundred bales
brought to Athens by wagon. Monday
and yesterday there was quite a lot
brought in. One concern has brought
three or four thousand bales to date,
it is said. The failroads are handling
it pretty quickly now—up to date. It
is estimated that there have been ten
to twelve thousand bales marketed,
rail and wagon receipts, up to today.
Last year more than 105,000 bales
were marketed here. Tbe railroads.
The father of Mr. T. J. Shackelford,
just comissioned as judge of tbe city
court of Athens, and of Mr. Frank C.
Shackelford, attorney for the city of
Athens, is soemthing of a preserver
of the peace and a defender of the
majesty of the law himself—
Albeit he has passed the four-score-
and-five-year mark on the way of life.
Sunday the colored man who is ser
vant on the place went with his wife
to Elberton to spend the day and left
bis brother in charge of the duties to
be done about tbe place. It is said
that the brother welcomed several
other negro men to tbe basement of
the Shackelford home—the old Craw
ford W. Long residence on Prince av
enue—and soon the crowd was In
tensely interested in a game of either
j s Three Tears Old and Three
Times Has Been Cut and Sewed Up
Yesterday afternoon tbe little three
year old son of Dr. and Mrs. Hay
wood, living on Grady avenue, had A
narrow escape from serious injury-
He was playing with the faucet
the heavy five-gallon bottle
contained Linton Spring wal
bottle being Inverted in the
manner in the case which had the
packed in it The baby—boy lik<
waa trying to "chin” the faucet;
bottle was two-thirds empty
tipped over. The table, bottle,
the ice-filled receptacle all
crashing down. The bottle
smashed to bits—the glass being
quarter to a half an inch
growing
Pennsylvania, will have charge of ath
letics this year. She has already dem
onstrated her ability to inspire inter
est in the girls, and to direct them
sucessfully in their sports.
A very attractive gymnasium and
swimming pool are among the recent
additions to the school On the walls
oi the "gym" are banners presented
by the different classes for the last
two or three years, and trophies won
from opposing teams in basketball;
all of which gives a very attractive
air, and contributes to the college
spirit, which is such a good form for
girlish enthusiasm to take.
The swimming pool is perfectly ap
pointed in every way, with a shower-
bath In connection with it; and Is
very thoroughly enjoyed by the girls.
All during the summer work has
been going on about the grounds, in
the way of leveling, grading, and sod
ding. It Is the intention of the prin
cipals gradually to get the grounds in
perfect order. While there is still
much to be done, a good beginning
has been made, and some very strik
ing Improvements effected.
New grass plots have been sodded,
and a sidewalk has at last been se
cured from the city for the Broad
street side of the grounds. A hedge
and wide fence will be put around the
entire grounds, and will be much
more atractlve than the old board
fences that have been done away
with.
One of the interesting features of
tbe grounds behind the school is the
toso garden, which has been begun
with rose plants given by the girls.
Each girl who comes to school fol
lows the custom of contributing a
roso to the garden; and when it is a
litle farther under way, with the rus
tic cedarhouse covered with rose-
vines which has been planned for the
center, It will be most charming.
A great many trees and shrubs
have recently been set out. Including
young pines and cedars from tho
woods.
Some of tbe teachers will room, as
usal, at the Villa, Miss Rutherford’s
attractive home across the street.
Miss Jennie Smith, head of the art
department, has remodeled and added
to an old brick building In the back
yard, turning it into a most cbarmlng
residence—a quaint and picturesque
cottage which is now one of tho
"show” features of Lucy Cobb. She
has a rare collection of old mahoga
ny and antiques and curiosities of va
rious sorts which make a veritable
men'for a larger crop this year—and
the sights are set for 150,000 bales
tc be marketed in Athens for the sea
son of 1911-12.
little museum of her cottage.
Noticeably beautiful, too, is the old
mahogany furniture In Lucy Cobb it
self. There are several exquisite
pieces in the parlors and library and
tie furnishing of the entire school is
in such exquisite taste that it is a
treat to go and see it.
A striking feature in the school is
the, new Y. W C. A. room fitted up
by the girls of last year from the pro
ceeds of the school annual. Enough
money was realized from last year’;
"Nods and Becks” to pay the annual
out of debt and do this work besides.
A partition was knocked down be
tween two small rooms, making
large, pleasant room in which to hold
the Y. W. C. A. meetings. A no*
floor will be laid this year and the
new quarters furnished attractively.
The dining room shows a charming
glimpse, as you pass through the
lower hall, of polished tables appoint
ed with the perfect taste that charac
terizes everything in connection with
the furnishing at Lucy Cobb. There
are a number of small tables, seating
cnly six or eight each, and this gives
a cosy, bomo-like air to tbe dining
room.
The young women who have
tered tbe boarding department are
Misses Myrtls and Dora McKenzie,
Fargo and Jackson, of Augusta; Par
ker, of Millen; Ansley of Americus
Hall and Warner, of Kansas City
Sibley, of Birmingham; Humphreys,
of Macon; Dobbs and Brown, of Ma
rietta; Hart, of Baltimore; McKenzie,
of Valdosta; Agnes and Eileen O’Don-
roll, of New Orleans; Levison, of
Brunswick; Russell, of Russell, Ga.
Rlackmar, of Columbus; Bailey, of
Decatur; Nunnally, of Monroe; Rose
ns Morris and Ida Cower, of Athens
Shepherd, of Anniston; Marshburn,
of Bamesvllle; Jordon, Burckhardt,
Purcell, Iveys, Campbell, Selby, and
Dobbs, of Atlanta; Perkins, of San-
deraville; Girard, Hatcher, Scarbor-
ough, Pearoe, Peacock, Melissa and
Vera Golden, of Columbus; Wallace,
o( Butler; Fulton, of Savannah; Gra
ham, of Fort Meyer, Fla.; Wadley, of
Bolingbroke; Dodson, of Americus
Katherine and Vivien Fulghum, of
Birmingham.
Athens is indeed proud of this
school, which has done and continues
to do so much to reflect credit upon
the town and the state. It is an un-
craps or seven-up. Directly the inter
est turned to rivalry and the rivalry
to hate and there was a fight under
way—with attendant noises which tho
elder Mr. ’Shackelford heard, the only
male member of the household at
home—the two prominent sons, who
are unmarried and who live at home
with their father in the comfortable
residence, being in the city for a
short while. Mr. Shackelford, des
pite his years, resolved to investigate.
He flushed the covey and some tried
♦•i escape—one negro he flung nearly
across the room. Two others fled. A
fourth held a gleaming revolver on
the unarmed but determined old gen
tleman and kept holding it there till
he got away. The ringleaders of the
crowd. It is said, have been arrested
by the police, however.
Col. Walter R. Brown of Atlaitta States
That Judge West’s Appointment By
Gov. Brown Was Confirmed Reg
ularly By the Senate.
“GEORGIA”
The State University
Opens its 111 Year
This Morning
at 10.
That the bottle did not fall on the
little fellow is a wonder. As it was,
ho received a severe gash in the fore
head over the right eye and three
stitches were required to dress the cut
property.
Added interest is lent to the baby's
accident when it was known that
this is the third accident the child of
just three years has hadand each time
the little one's forehead received
gash which required three stitches of
thq surgeon's needle. The day he ar-
rived in Athens he fell and gashed his
it forehead. After the doctor had
nded him (yesterday he soon
ed to feel no effects either from
cut or the fright or the ether.
NlEOFCONMiHinNIO
Ministers’ Evangelical Union
Passes Resolution About
Him.
The name of Rev. H. C. Compton,
former pastor of the Second Baptist
hurch in East Athens, has been
dropped from the list of the members
of the Athens Evangelical Ministers’
Union, the action being taken this
week at the regular meeting of the
organization of the ministers of the
city belonging to the orthodox evan
gelical church.
Mr. Compton had been a member
of that organization since early last
year—probably since the formation
of the recent union. He has attended
only one meeting of the ministers,
however, since his membership be
gan, and on that occasion differed
with the other preachers on the mat
ter of pastoral visitation and some of
his comment after that meeting was
quoted In the public press.
A resolution was at the meeting of
ministers this week passed authoriz
ing bis name being dropped from the
roll and the secretary was Instructed
to Inform him of tho action taken by
the preachers.
Guest Was Freed;
“Fitz” Was Fined
Faculty'and the Y. W. C. A.
of*the State Normal to
Be Hosts.
The faculty and the Y. W. C. A. of
the State Normal School will give
reception tonight at S o’clock to the
new students this year. Haughey's
orchestra will furnish the music and
light refreshments will be served by
the domestic science department. If
tbe evening is pleasant the reception
will be held upon the campus under
the trees In front of Gilmore Hall. It
it is rainy the exercises will be held
in the dining room. The-ministers of
all the churches of Athens are es
pecially invited to be present to meet
these young students who will wor
ship at their churches during the
coming year. The local members of
the board of trustees have been spec
ially invited and have signified their
intention to be present. The studen
body is so large this year that It will
take quite a time for our local minis
ters and trustees to meet and know
each new student.
Yesterday morning a large crowd
of spectators and “drifters” visited
the mayor's court room to hoar the
trial of Andrew Fitzpatrick, a hack-
man, and William Guest, an insurance
man, who were charged with disorder
ly conduct. The trial was a rather
lengthy, one and all the points in the
case were brqught out fully so far as
cculd be elicited. When the evidence
was all in, the mayor fined the hack-
man fifty dollars and dismissed the
case against Mr. Guest It.was shown
to his satisfaction that the former was
at fault and It was not shown that
Guest had done anything worthy of a
fine.
usually splendid type of the homelike,
"thoroughbred” boarding school which
embodies In every respect the best
southern ideals of culture and refine
ment
Corn-field beans, fresh corn, green
cabbage and okra. Phone 1076. Ar
nold ft Abney.
Former Athenian’s
Mother is Deac
News reached this city yesterday of
the sudden death Monday morning
i'bout 3 o’clock of Mrs. M. Silver, the
mother fo Mr. Sprague Silver, who
was for several yea's connected with
the firm of Warren J. Smith & Bro.
in this city. Her death occurred at
Morganton, N. C. The many friends
here of Mr. Silver will hear of his be
reavement with sincere regret
MR. J. O. BRIDGES
SERIOUSLY ILL
Mr. J. O. Bridges, who has been 111
for some time, suffered a relapse yes
terday and his condition was the
cause of much alarm on the part of
his relatives and many friends. Mr.
Bridges is well known in this city,
having resided here practically all his
life.
Elberta Peaches, New York state
pears, and maiden blush apples. Ar
nold & Abney.
Irish Potatoes, 50a
Eastern stock Irish potatoes,
per peck. Arnold ft Abney.
50c
Yesterday, tho second day of resto
ration of new students at the Univer
sity of Georgia, made a record for the
number enrolling. The proportion of
names in increase over last year was
kept up: Up to last night when the
registrar closed his hooka for the day
there were still about twice as many
names on the 1911-12 roll as were
signed on the second day last year.
There are many of the old men
back—perhaps a larger proportion
than usual—but they have not regis
tered as yet and will not register in
any numbers till the latter part of the
week. This year, however, there Is a
new rule of force which levies a fee
of $2.50 on old men who do not regis
ter before Saturday noon, unless ex
cused by the chancellor. Last year
there were many of the old men who
did not get on the lists till the second
week of college.
There is much rushing of many of
them to one
Greek letter fraternity or another;
there is also a sharp rivalry between
the two literary societies, the Phi
Kappas and the Demosthenians, as to
which will secure more of the new
men. Along with the new men and
thosp who will compose the classes
above freshmen this term, many of
the old boys are back to see the thin?
started off merely and will not be in
school this year. They are here to
see the other begin as they began
several years ago.
The beginnig of the year is a most
auspicious one from every angle of
observation.
REVIVAL MEETING
Rev. John F. Yarbrough of
East Point to Do the
Preaching.
•Next Sunday morning a series of
protracted meetings will be begun at
the Oconee street Methodist church.
Rev. A. J. Sears, pastor. Instead of
the protracted meeting in the spring,
the pastor had a protracted illness
which Interfered with the work In
some degree—so far as the stated re
vival services were concerned. The
church has been getting ready for a
special evangelical effort, however,
for the past few weeks, and the pas
tor and people are anxious to get the
greatest possible good out of a special
meeting.
Rev. John F. Yarbrough, pastor in
charge of the work at East Point, will
do the preaching at the meeting that
is to begin Monday. He is a son of
the saintly George W. Yarbrough and,
while educated first for the medical
profession, has proved to be one of
the most useful and active members
of the North Georgia conference.
Since his first year in conference he
has been one of the assistant secre
taries—first under the late Dr. J. W.
Heidt and since under Secretary Wal
ter Dillard. He Is a preacher of pow
er because he understands real life
and real conditions—he Is a part of
the active life of the state and of the
community in which he labors and he
win be felt under the guidance of
tbe One who called him, in the spec
ial efforts at Oconee street church.
(Special to the Banner.)
Atlanta, Sept. 19.—Special.—Since
the visit of Col. T. J. Shackelford of
Athens to Atlanta to receive bis com
mission and take the oath of office as
judge of the city court of Athens,
there have been other developments
in the already interesting case of tho
contest between him and Judge West
over the place.
Col. Shackelford stated in Atlanta
that he had made search and found
that the appointment of Judge West
by Governor Brown had not been con
firmed by the senate.
Col. Walter R. Brown, a well known
Atlanta lawyer, went to the executive-
office today, accompanied by Mr. B.
M. Blackburn, former executive secre
tary under Governor Brown, to make
an investigation into the appointment
of Judge Henry S. West to the bench
of the city court of Athens. Their
findings in the light of Col. Shackel
ford’s statement yesterday are inter
esting:
They found that the appointment
was sent in by Gov. Brown to the
senate on June 22nd, 1910, and that
tbe appointment was confirmed by
the senate on June 23rd, the day fol
lowing, in regular order. This ap
pointment went to the senate along
with about a dozen other appoint
ments to various courts and other of
fices, and all of these appointments
were confirmed.
Messrs. Walter Brown and Ben
Blackburn found on file in the gov
ernor’s office tbe official certificate
from Secretary Charles S. Northen
of tbe state senate to the effect that
all of these appointments. Judge
West's included, had been confirmed
on the date named.
These confirmations are not placed
In the senate journal but are certified,
back to the executive office by the
secretary of the senate. Mr. Brown
and Mr. Blackburn state that they
have both seen the official notice of
the confirmation of Judge West’s ap
pointment for tbe unexpired term of
Judge Howell Cobb, and that they are
ready to make affidavit to it it it be
needed or desired.
There Were Two Commissions.
Another development in the upturn
ing of the details of all the matters
connected with the Shackelford-West
contest Is not told of In the Atlanta
dispatch above: There were two com
missions issued to Judge Shackelford.
The first was filled out and signed
and was delivered to Mr. Shackelford,
it is stated, before the legislature ad
journed. This was, after conference
with friends, returned to Governor
Smith, and another commission was
made out and was kept to be deliv
ered at the request of Mr. Shackelford
at some later date. Whether this
commission was signed or not till
Monday of this week is not known:
what date it bears is not known defi
nitely—but some date since the ad
journment of the legislature.
Injunction Hearing Saturday,
The order granted by Judge Brand,
and which has been kept quiet, was
for the purpose of restraining Mr.
Shackelford from interfering with
Judge West's holding court. The
date was fixed for hearing—Saturday.
Sept. 23. Judge Brand is out of the
city, presiding over Banks county su
perior court at Homer and could not
he reached yesterday evening, so it is
not known where this hearing will
take place. The public generally who
are Interested intensely in the out
come of the test will he glad to
know where the case is to be heard
that a goodly crowd of citizens may
he on hand.
No Cases Are Set.
There is no adjourned term of the
city court and there are just now no
jail cases which are likely to be heard
ia the days between this and Satur
day. The next regular term of the
court Is in November and unless some
case should arise, as frequently Is the
case, to be heard by the judge on to
day or tomorrow or Friday—only tho
action of Judge Brand can settle the
matter of the Judgship in the city
court. Either way the decision may
fall there is a possibility of an appeal.
Frou Frous, fresh, goods just in.
Fhone 1076. Arnold ft Abney.
