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THE ATHENS BANNER.
Athena Middling, 9 9-16 to 9 5-8.
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1911.
Weather: Continued hot.
ON BONDS DELEGATES
Prominent Puryear’s Ladies Chose Repre
District Citizen En
dorses Court
house.
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1 Editor Banner: 4
As a resident and tax-payer in 4
• in the county, as a farmer whose 4
- market and business dealings 4
• and legal matters are tranasact- 4
; ed in Athens, as one who appre- 4
■ c-iates that the city bears SO per 4
cent or more of the county taxes 4
■ and by so doing has given us far- 4
• mere splendid roads from every 4
section of the county to our mar- 4
• ket, 1 am quick to see that this 4
proposal to issue bonds and move 4
• the court house will he of groat 4
advantage to the citizens of Ath- 4
■ ens and that it is demanded by 4
• cogent reasons of convenience 4
- and necessity. At first blush, 1 4
■ was a little Inclined to think the 4
- presen. icurt house was good 4
enough and well enough located. 4
■ But Mr. Straban's article shows 4
■ me how really inadequate the 4
• building is, how many of the 4
• county officers aro forced to 4
•' have < fliees down town, and how 4
• muc h more convenient it would 4
■ be to me and to all the farmers 4
■ who while attending court would 4
■ be so near the restaurants and 4
' stores if the court house were 4
■ down town. I have wasted a 4
• good many hours hunting county 4
• officers aad attorneys between 4
- their down town offices and the 4
■ present court house. And I have 4
■ seen a good many executors sad- 4
■ ly disappointed on-sales day he- 4
• .cause so few bidden came out to 4
■ tie sales. Property sold by legal 4
• yfajito mam lofcifcqie JxaTgatn 4
• hunter’s price and not at it* Taj- <4
• ue- If the court bouse were
sentatives to State
and National
Meetings.
Yesterday at the first meeting of
Laura Rutherford chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy, Since
the vacation of the summer season,
an election of representatives to the
approaching state meeting and to the
national convention were selected.
The following were named as dele
gates from the Athens chapter to the
convention of Georgia Daughters to
be held in Griffin on Oct. 25th: Mrs
John Gerdine, Mrs. Thos. W. Reed,
and Mrs. George D. Thomas.
The following were selected by the
yesterday's meeting to represent the
Athens chapter at the convention of
the entire organization in the Sqptb
and elsewhere, the great gathering
of loyal Dixie women to be at Rich
ciond, Va., Nov. 7th: Mrs. Crawford,
Mrs. Camak, and Miss Mildred Ruth
ford.
H.IU
GOES TO HIS REST
Passed Away Yesterday Morn
ing After an Illness
of Months.
Mr. Henry May Long, just past his
forty-second birthday, died at his
home on Harris street yesterday
morning about 1 o’clock.
Mr. Long was a native of George
town, Ry., and was reared up in the
made Southern
of
4 forced to sell would Have a much 4
4 better dtol and would realize 4
♦ much greater returns. 4
4 I am struck by the suggestion 4
4 of using the present grounds for 4
e a high school open to the county 4 1
children. That is not only fair, 4
4 but it is a feasible thing with our 4
4 good roads. I have several chil- 4
4 dren. As they reach the high 4
4 school age, I can easily send 4
4 them Into the city. This is better 4
4 than putting them in boarding 4
4 school too young. A more beau- 4
4 tiful spot for a high school could 4
4 not be found In Athens than the 4
4 court house grounds, and the 4
4 present building could be used 4
4 at least for a time 4
4 There Is a splendid spirit of 4
4 friendliness between the citizens 4
4 of Athens and the surrounding 4
4 farmers. Athens has done much 4
4 for us. It would be a proper 4
4 thing for us as farmers to sup- 4
4 port the court bouse removal 4
4 simply as a favor to*Athens. But 4
4 in reality It is also a favor to 4
4 ourselves. We are assured that 4
4 the tax rate need not be in- 4
♦ creased to do this work; we 4
4 know that In many ways it will 4
4 be far more convenient to us; 4'
♦ have pride enough in the county 4
4 to rejoice In a modem hand- 4
4 some public building which will 4
4 advertise the county, attract pop- 4
4 illation and increase land values. 4
4 I am writing this as an appeal to 4
4 my fellow farmers, an appeal to 4
4 their business judgment, an ap- 4
4 peal to their fairness of mind, an 4
4 appeal to their interest in the 4
4 better education of their chil- 4
♦ dren.. Think this matter over,
4 and talk about it to the citizens 4
♦of Athens. You will see how 4
4 strongly they want this improve- 4
4 ment made and what good rea- 4
♦ sons they have for wanting it. 4
4 We need not be afraid of $200,-
4 000 as against a property valua- 4
4 tion of over $10,000,000. We re- 4
4 tiro the $21,000 of present 7 per 4
4 cent bondB, and we get a new 4
4 modem fireproof court house, 4
4 a now safe Jail, a county high 4
4 school located In a four-acre 4
4 grove which is placed on the 4
4 market would sell for $40,000.00 4
4 or more. 4
4 Yours earnestly,
4 JAMES W. MORTON.
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Wood $3.00 cord. Lyndon.
Former Governor Joseph M. Brown Makes
Statement to the People of Georgia;
Has Commonsense Through Every
Paragraph of His “Message.”
Atlanta, Ga., October 9.—Former
Governor Joseph M. Brown gave out
his first expression on the present
gubernatorial campaign, excepting
the brief announcement that he will
be in the race, today.
In this, his first card, he takes ths
position that the question of the sale
of intoxicating liquors in the state,
should be submitted by the state ex
ecutive committee on the ballots used
in the primary, in order that the will
of the people on this subject may be
determined definitely and conclusive,
ly.
It was Governor Brown’s intention
to withhold all discussion of the is-
sues of the campaign until a vacancy
lu the gubernatorial office exists, but
recent, developments convinced him
he should speak out at once on cer
tain features.
Besides demanding that the execu
tive committee secure an expression
of opinion on the liquor issue, he calls
attention to other important ques
tions to be passed on at this time and
takes a subtle shot at Judge Russell's
expressed determination to remain
on the bench while making the race
for another office.
The address is as follows:
To the People of Georgia:
It has been my purpose to contrib
ute my mite toward avoiding the use
less and injurious agitation of a long
campaign. Since I gave out my sim
ple statement that I would be a can
didate certain developments have
transpired which not only reassure
me that I acted properly, but which
force me to forego my Incinatlon to
keep silent until an actual vacancy
Before Issuing my platform
such a family, be carried with him
wherever he traveled In 'bis work -as
a representative of a great Industry
the air of the gentleman he was. He
first came to Athens seven or eight
years ago, soon after his marriage to
Miss Louise McIntosh, a South Caro
lina young lady, at Elberton. Some
times called away for months and sev
eral times carrying his wife with him
on tours of months, he lived the great
er part of the time of the past seven
years In Athens, and made Athens his
headquarters.
For several months he has been
suffering from a condition of blood
circulation which was practically fa
tal—the wasting nature destroying
the life in the veins, slowly, steadily
till the machinery stopped. He was
on the street Friday last, hut barely
strong enough to walk. He had no
relatives here—his father’s family be
ing in Kentucky. One little babe
which blessed the union lies sleeping
in Oconee cemetery and beside that
little mpund the father will be laid
away this afternoon. The funeral wil]
be conducted from the residence at 5
o'clock and the following will act a9
pallbearers: Messrs Olin Dozier, J.
p Wier, D. H. DuPree, J. T. Ander
son, A. H. Davison, and I. T. Kilpat,
rick. Mr. Long was :. member of the
Baptist church and lived the religion
which he professed many years ago;
lie was honest and honorable; clevei
and gifted in his line: for a dozen
years one of the most highly esteemed
salesmen of the great International
Harvester Company. While he was
not in Athens except between trips he
made many warm friends here who
appreciated and valued him most
highly for the many fine traits which
he possessed.
THE CIRCUS PARADE
The circus parade isn't to be com
pared to the nineteen-ear-old tenor
phenomenon at the Majestic this
week. "Belllsle" Is a hoy of nineteen
with a tenor voice that is a wonder
ful thing to hear—he sings so well
that many declare that he is the best
that ever has been heard at the Ma
jestic. He is good—entirely worth
while. Two reels—no waits—good
pictures. -Songs from 4 to 7 and from
8 to 11.
tf Wood $3.00 cord. Lyndon.
that,
lated the people’s confidence, are now
intent upon fastening their clutch up-
on the political affairs of Georgia, and
endeavoring to mislead the voters in
to the belief that this campaign must
be decided upon a single and false is
sue. injected first by outsiders, and
fomented by those who wish to dis
tract public attention from their own
misdoings. With these Interests and
ertain newspapers attempting to
blind the voters to the real issues
b; agitating both sides of an extrane
ous question, 1 cannot feel true to
the state unless I come out and speak
clearly and emphatically.
Shall the people mold about them
selves the iron bands of the most self
ish political ring ever formed In Geor
gia? At the prompting of certain
newspapers will they make a useless
tight as a false issue? I do not be
lieve it.
The liquor question has no place
in this campaign, just as it had none
in the campaign of 1908. The legis
1.:ture has been chosen; it is commit
ted. Regardless of who is elected
governor it will not change the pres
cut status. It is known to every cit
izen that the legislature, not the gov-
i nor, is the lawmaking power. Hence
no substitute for, or any change in
any of the statutes of Georgia cau be
enacted, save by the legislature. Un
tier these conditions, therefore, it is
manifest that local option will not be
substituted for state-wide prohibitory
regulations during the term of the in
coming governor, unless the will of
the people cun be directly ascertained,
as hereinafter set forth From every
quarter of the state has come the in
qulry: Why has the sale of liquor
been thrust forward as a personal Is
sue? Under no condition should it
be made the vehicle upon which
candidates would ride into office. A
principle is always higher than a
means.
In my platform wherewith I an
nounced my candidacy for the gov
ernorship, March 18th, 1908, I used
the following words:
“Eighth. The strict enforcement
of the present prohibition law. If
the people In the coming election
choose members of the general as
sembly, who. In accordance with the
will of their constituents, make any
change in the present law, I will sign
the bill thus ordered by the people.”
It developed during that campaign
that almost one-half of the members
of the legislature had been nominated
in the county primaries wherein the
liquor question had noUbeen made an
issue. In conjunction with the other
candidate it was agreed to vote any
changes in that law it made by the
legislature during that term.
The experience of other states has
shown that agitation over the sup
pression of the traffic in intoxicating
liquors will continue with recurring
intensity until the people have ex
pressed their will on this subject at
the ballot box directly and without
the confusion of other issues and per
scnal candidacies. Hence, while the
conditions already stated will not ad
mlt of applying this year the pro
cedure named in my platform in 1908,
yet it is possible In the coming pri
mary to settle the principle in a man
ner even more direct. In other words,
if the state executive committee of
the democratic party will permit the
people to vote upon the alternatives
•prohibition” or "local option” in
the pending primary, the present leg
islature would doubtless accept the
result as mandatory. And the fact
that it is voted upon In that primary
will insure the settlement of the ques
tion by the white voters of the state,
and by them alone. Furthermore, If
voted upon in that primary it will be
farther removed from distracting
complications than it could have been
ia any gubernatorial primary during
the past thirty years inasmuch as
only two offices are 'o be filled at this
time. Also each candidate’s friends
and voters of varying shades of
thought on other questions will be
free to vote untrammelled. For the
foregoing reasons, therefore, I re
spectfully request of the state execu
tive committee that It submit this
; '4fi-Tlne»tlon-Ho the people on. the. ballots
in the primary.
With the utmost flearness I will
state that the ascertained will of the
people is to me now, as enunciated
in 1908, the highest law. This gov
ernment of the people and for the peo-
yle is, through very necessity, by the
people. I know no chart, no creed,
which teaches me that there is any
earthly power in Georgia higher than
ti:e people Therefore, should the
democratic state executive committee
permit the white voters of the state
to register their will on the liquor
question in the coming primary, their
mandate wifi be to me the measure
of duty.
In my judgment the campaign for
governor should present to the people
the management of their affairs for
the last year, and should also present
for their aproval or condemnation con
ditions now existing which, if not re
buked, will constitute precedents for
ail time to come.
I was defeated for governor by 4,-
000 votes by a candidate who had
three times announced he would not
iuu. In the convention my name was
not allowed to be presented. Sugges
tions as to the platform of party prin
ciples were not allowed. By drastic
rules, amendments were not recogniz
ed. The Congressional Districts in
which I received the majority of votes
were not permitted representation on
the executive committee, and 93,000
citizens who voted for me were de
nied a voice in the party affairs, as
were those who voted for my oppo
nent, except the members of a fa
vored clique.
Vllien a successor was to be elected
to fill the vacancy in .the United
Slates senatorship, contrary to all
principle and democratic precedent,
the democratic executve committee
now in power, declined to order a pri
mary' and to allow tile people to make
their choice for that high office. Their
plea was that the people did not wish
the agitation and expense of an elec
tion. Yet at he time they knew of
the active candidacy for that position
of the governor-elect, whose voice
had hardly become silent in proclaim
ing that his election and occupancy of
the gubernatorial chair was essential
to the welfare of the state. They
knew that his election would produce
an agitation infinitely more expensive
than the primary for a United States
senator. If the people had chosen
him, the result with its expense, dis-
SECRETARY POSTPONED
Washington,Ga., Em
ploys Washington,
D. G, Booster-
Secretary.
(Special to The Banner.)
Washington, Ga., Oct. 9.—James
Hines, of Washington, D. C„ an expo
rienced newspaper man and booster,
has been employed by the Washington
Chamber of Commerce to act as secre
tary of that aggressive body.
This action is the first step towards
a campaign of publicity which will
show to.the world not only the advan
tages of Washington and Wilkes coun
ty, but of this whole section of the
state. Mr. Hines arrived In Washing
ton on Thursday and has already en
tered actively upon his work.
THE FUNERAL OF
. A. L.
Held Yesterday Morning at the
First Presbyterian
Church.
Yesterday morning at eleven o’clock
at the Presbyterian church of which
she had long been a member, occurred
the funeral of Mrs. A. L. Hull, who
died at her home in Atlanta Saturday
night.
The large church auditorium was
filled with sorrowing friends of the
deceased, for no woman ever lived In
this city who was more generally
loved or whose death was more deep
ly deplored. Scores of lovely floral
tributes within the c**\ncel rail at
tested the love and a fiction borne
her memory.
The remains of Mrs.
Hull
were
brought' over from Atlanta on the
morning S eaboitnl YrMhran J ~wer cmet
at the depot by many relatives and
friends and brought at once to the
church where the funeral was held.
The casket was borne to the chan
cel by the pallbearers, six nephews of
Mrs. Hull, and following the casket
came the members of the immediate
family and scores of relatives.
The choir, consisting of Mrs. C. M
Snelling, Mrs. T. P. Stanley, Mrs. J-
A. Morton, Mrs. J. P. Campbell, Miss
Luelle Brand, Miss Moselle Scudder,
Messrs. J. M. Hodgson, J. A. Morton
and F. J. Orr, sang sweetly the open
ing hymn, "How Firm a Foundation,’
after which the Scripture lesson was
read by Rev. E. L. Hill, pastor of the
church, followed by prayer by Rev. O
R. Flinn of Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Morton then
sang in a most tender and touching
manner the beautiful hymn, “Morn
ing Land,” after which Mr. Hill
preached the funeral sermon from the
text, "Thou shalt be missed because
thy seat is vacant." It was a most
beautiful tribute to the lovely charac
ter of the deceased and to her Chris
tian life and works in this city.
The closing hymn by the choir was
“Jesus, Lover of My Soul," after
which the casket was borne to the
hearse.
The funeral services were conclud
ed at the grave in Oconee cemetery
Continued on Page Four.
Tl
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Koch of Chi
cago arrived in Athens yesterday. Mr,
Koch was recently elected assistant
to Prof. C. M. Strahan in the engin
eering department of the Universitj
of Georgia, having resigned a very
responsible position with the Rock Is
land railroad. He was structural de
signer in the bridge department of the
railroad system, and completed a
number of subway and bridge plans
in steel and concerete constructioa
before his departure for the South.
Mrs. Koch was formerly Miss Elzte
Brandt ofethis city.
Poultry Meeting Post
poned Until Next
Tuesday Evening
at 8 O’clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Southern Poultry Association has
been postponed from tonight until
next Tuesday night at eight o'clock.
The hour for meeting -has been
Changed from eight-thirty to eight on
account of the evenings being longer
during this season of "the year.
The meeting next week should bo
attended by every member of the as
sociation as many matters of vital Im
portance to the association 'win be
brought before the meeting. The time
for the big show is growing near and
there are many things to be done be
fore the opening.
On account of the many premiums
awarded to the fanciers in this city
at the big shows in other cities, mnch
attention of the fanciers in other sec
tions of the country has been brought
to the Athens show to be held here In
December, and it is quite certain that'
the largest exhibition in Georgia will \
be held here.
The secretary Is receiving many 1
plications for premium lists i
of the applicants signify
tion of making an exhibit 1
The show here tn De
attract thousands of people i
all over the country and evei
interested in Athens should 1
member of the association.
The funeral of Mrs. Ellison D. Stone
was held Sunday afternoon 'Kt fouf'
o'clock at Oconee street Methodist
church, of which, she had for man?
years been a devoted member. The
church auditorium was filled with
the sorrowing friends who had come
to pay their last tribute of affection.
The casket was borne to the altar
rail by the pallbearers, Messrs. J. H.
Dorsey, F. L. Center, W. A. E. Church.
G. C. Thomas, Cobb Lampkin, and T.,
W. Reed, and the choir sang as ths
opening hymn, “Nearer, My God to
Thee.” Prayer was offered by Rev.
Sherman R. England, pastor of Young
Harris Memorial church, after the
Scripture lessons had been read by
Rev. A. J. Sears, pastor of Oconee
street church, and Mr. England.
Brief personal tributes were paid
the life of Mrs. Stone by Messrs.
Sears and England, each 'of whom
had been her pastor for four years
and who knew her well. The lofty
praise bestowed by them was well
given, for she was a godly woman in
all the walks of life.
The concluding hymn by the choir
was “I Would Not Live Always.” The
services were concluded at the grave
in Oconee cemetery.
t'4
LEFT FOR NORTH
TO
Messrs. L. C. Brown and Party
off for the Beginning
of Trip.
For Sale or Rent:—-171-acre farm,
well improved, perfectly level, 4
miles from city, on Dainelsville road;
40 acres good bottom; 7-horse crop. P.
D. Hardeman, Athens. tn-sn-tf
Mr. L. C. Brown left last night for
New York, accompanied by Mr. R. L.
Moss, Jr., and Ben Epps. They will
be joined Wednesday by Mr. H. M.
Hughes and Mr. W. It. Morton. They
go to begin the Glidden tour. Mr.
Brown’s car will be teamed with the
other car from the factory which the
Grlffeth Brothers represent pnd SL
Elmo Massengale’s car. Mr. Brown
has promised to send the Banner
night letters of the trip.
For Sale Cheap:—Three two-horse
wagons, three buggies and two car-
riages. Apply to Miss Julia EL Carl
ton or ring 332-3. 2t