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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. -4 4444 444444 4' 4' ♦♦ 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. 4444444^44444444 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