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ATHENS, GA^ TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1912.
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day Afternoon.
Work Begun Yester
day on the Big Six
Story Building of
Mr. Holman.
School for Teachers in the Public Schools
Will be Opened Tomorrow Morning.
Schoofs to Open Next Week.
Preparations for Opening.
Otway Randolph, the 23-year-old
#on of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Randolph,
of Baxter street, met death by drown
ing Sunday afternoon In the Oconee
river near the point where the old
Bobbin Mill branch empties into the
Oconee.
The funeral and burial will occur
near Hoschton, in Jackson county,
thiB morning at 11 ociock, the sermon
to be preached by Rev. A .J. Smith,
the pastpr of the church to whirh
the young man belonged. West End
Baptist.
How Drowning Occurred.
Sunday afternoon in company with
Joe Cox. a neighborhood boy, young
Randolph went to the river to take
a bath and cool off in the water. He
did not know how to swim, except a
few strokes. Young Cox was a much
better swimmer. They were ir: tho
river each with his hands on a float
ing plank. Young Randolph endeav
ored to swim without the aid of the
pland and with the warning to call
cut if he needed help Cox swam down
the stream a little way. He heard
directly the call of his companion and
went Immediately to his assistance.
Randolph had sunk twice. Getting
near to him Cox called to him to
seize his hand which he d'd, but soon
turned loose. He then grasped the
belt of the bathing suit of young Cox
and battling with tho water and tho
struggling, drowning young Cox tried
to get to the bank. About four feet
from the bank he v.as pulled under
twice himself. The pair then struck
a submerged log and there the drdv t-
Ing boy was torn loose from his res
cuer.
It waB some time after hepl reached
the river before the body was found
—lodged under the water-soaked log.
The death was a specially sad one.
Young Randolph once worked for the
Banner in the mechanical department.
He latterly worked for the local mo
tion picture shows as an operator and
gave satisfaction in his work. His
employers gave him a splendid name.
He leaves his parents and two broth
ers and two BiBters.
The following have been requested
to act as pallbearer at the funeral of
Mr. Randolph todays: Messrs. Hen
ry Seagraves, Henry Kilgore, S. P.
Chastian, Emory Watson, F. M. Coe,
W. E. Furcron, and William Young
blood. There will be a delegation
from the Baraca and the Philathea
classes of the West End Baptist
church who will go to the funeral this
morning.
Yesterday morning the first work
In preparation of the erection of the
big new skyscraper for Athens at the
corner of Clayton and Lumpkin
streets was begun.
A force of hands was engaged to
tear away the old billboard fencing
on two sides of the lot, clear off the
debris, and remove everything that
would be in the way of the workmen
when they shall be ready to start
the excavation for the foundations.
This excavating will be begun at one©
and Mr. W. S. Holman, who is erect
ing the handsome building, will push
the work as fast as is consistent with
good workmanship.
The building will lack only one
story of being as high as the Southern
Mutual building, will have the firsi
two floors devoted to mercantile busi
ness and the four upper floors to of
fices. Complete double elevator serv
ice will be installed and the building
will be as fine in appearance as any
.n the country.
It has been suggested to Mr. Hoi
man, and he is considering the pro
position though not yet decided upon
it, to arrange the roof so as to utili/.e
it for a delightful summer roof gar
den, with possibly cafe and motion
picture accommodations and possibly
also a dancing pavilion on the top of
'he sixth floor.
L
THROAT CUT NEAR
I, GA.
Superintendent G. G. Bond, of the
city schools, is one of the busiest
men in the city at the present time.
His office is the scene of much busi
ness and great preparations are being
made for the opening of the regular
fall term of school oa the eighteenth.
The Normal School, for teachers,
will open Wednesday morning at tho
High school building and will con
tinue for three days. Every teacher
in the city schools will be expected
to attend the three days’ session.
Much interest is being manifested in
the training school which will be un
der the direction of tho superintend
ent ably assisted by a number ot
well-known educators.
Prof. Moore, of Dallas, Texas, will
have charge of the work in drawing.
Miss Glenn Allen will have charge
of vocal music department and Prof.
G. G. Bond will instruct in grades
and various methods of different sub
jects and business of the BChooI.
Parents or their children may apply
at the school in their respective dis
tricts at 9 a. m. Monday morning
for entrance cards. This applies only
to new children entering the school.
C hildren who have secured transfer
cards at close of school do not need
to apply. Children who have to take
examinations should report at their
school on Monday, the 16th. New
children applying for entrance to the
nigh school should apply on the 11th
at the school.
First grade children In College Av
enue school can get entrance cards
on Saturday, the 14th.
The schools will be greatly crowd
ed this year and the superintendent
will do all that is possible for every
child to secure a seat, but cards will
be numbered and the first coming
will be served first according to num
bers issued.
Parents or guardians who are not
t3x-payers of the city, will be re
quired to pay taxes due the city and
a list of all entrance to the school
will be furnished the mayor and coun
cil for the purpose of comparing it
with the tax digest and all names oi
parents or guardians not appearing
on the digest, their children will be
subject to the payment of tuition,
provided there is room for them after
the children have been seated who
have qualified.
This rule is promulgated purely for
the benefit of the citizens who are
bearing the burden of the expenses
of the city and no citizen should ex
pect or receive the benefits of the
schools without first paying his pr»*
rata port of taxes.
MAINE
Goes Republican by
Anywhere from 2,-
000 to 3,000
Majority.
(Bulletin.
Augusts, Me., September 9.—-The
latest reports from the state election
here today in Maine, returns coming
in slowly, indicate that the regular
Republicans have carried the state.
From the Democratic column it goes
back to the Republican.. The last fig
ures give the G. O. P. a lead of from
2,000 to $2,500 votes majority.. The
Bull Moose influence was on the side
of the Republicans in this state in the
election today.
Middling 11 1-8 to 1-4.
mu
Piactice by the Red
and Black Team,
Cunningham
Coach.
THE MEN’S LEAGUE
OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH
H SAID OUT TO
, MATE
CELL-
E OF ESCAPE
The usual meeting of the above
league will unite their meeting this
evening with a prayer meeting to be
held this evening at the Baptist
church at the hour of 6:15 p. m. The
object in view: United prayer for
God’s blessing on the tent services,
that will be Btarted on Monday even
ing of next week (the 16th instant).
All members of the league and all
Baptists are urged to be present at
the above mentioned prayer meeting
to be held this evening at 6:15 p. m.
AT THE MAIESTIC
ALL IS WEEK
(Special to the Banner.)
Gumming, Ga., September 9.—With
her throat cut and apparently in a
dying condition, Misj May Crow, 13-
year-old daughter of Thomas Crow,
one of the most prominent planters
in this section, was found today at
noon in a secluded spot in the woods
one mile from her home and eight
miles from Cumming. Miss Crow was
unconscious and the crime is shroud
ed In the deepest of mystery.
The girl was found by a search
ing part that had been out all night
scouring the woods and nearby coun
try for some trace oi her. She had
been missing since last Sunday after
noon, when she left her home to go
to the home of her aunt, two miles
away. The aunt was expecting her,
and when she failed to arrive sounded
an alarm.
Atlanta, Ga., September 9.—The
chief of police of Gainesville brought
*he negro who is accused of cutting
the throat of Miss Crow In Forsyth
county, to Atlanta tenight and he is
in the Tower. The young woman died
this afternoon.
Some time early Sunday morning
G. A. Nations, a middle-aged white
man, in jail for several weeks In de
fault of making proper bond on a
charge of bigamy, sawed out from
;he county prison and made good his
escape.
The sawed bars aud the absence ot
the prisoner were discovered Sunday
morning when the jailer went to feed
his wards.*
Clower, the young white man who
was recently married in jail, was the
cell-mate of Nations protested any
knoweldge whatever of the escape of
the man and claimed that he would
cot have tried to get away even !f
he had known of the plan of his cell
mate.
Nations used a saw and was evi
dently some time at work on the bars.
He was furnished the implements of
escape by outside parties in some
manner, beyond doubt. Swinging
down through the window he had
quite a leap from the second-story to
the ground, and then had the ten
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foot wall to scale.
Nations, it will be remembered, was
formerly the superintendent for the
Bell Brothers Marble Company here.
He married a girl whom he had
known here for only a few months—
a girl not more than fourteen years of
age. Nations is past forty and has
a grown son. He was after the mar
riage confronted with a charge ot
bigamy by a woman who claims to
have been his wife and still his wife—
Officers here have inquired about
the young woman whose romantic
marriage to Clower in jail a few
weeks ago made several good news
paper stories, and tho detective agen
cy at Fort Worth do not speak in the
best of terms of her former life—stat
ing that she has had other husbands
and that she was well-known about
the wine rooms in that Texas city.
She has been frequenting the jail
vicinity almost daily since she came
all the way to dramatically marry
the young man here under charge of
larceny after trust.
. . j This morning at an early hoar the
DELL WAS VERT
SICK MAN»
mer mayor of Atlanta, now .secretary
of the Columbia Fire Insurance Com
pany here, was very critical at his
home on Mllledge avenue. It was
not thought that he could possibly live
till this morning.
THREE-YEAR-OLD
CHILD DIED 8UNDAY
Sunday the bright little three-year-
old child of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Youngblood died at their home on
North Lumpkin street, near the Sea
board Railway crossing. The little
one had been ill for only a few days
previous to its death. The body was
yesterday carried to Commerce, where
the funeral and burial took place yes
terday afternoon.
Passenger Service All Right;
Now Working for Mail Service,
Is Athens Chamber of Commerce
AT ISSEY’S
Pure Food Store Where Qual
ity Is Highest, Where the
Prices are Lowest.
Al uiodrd.
The Majestic is in luck this week
In securing, almost by accident, the
best singer of his class ever on the
vaudeville stage in Athens—one of
the best in the south. He sings char
acter songs, coon songs, and Tag. He
agrees to sing any rag selection re
Quested—no ballads, however—but
any rag'ime song going. He sang last
night and pleased. He will please
all today in “When the Phone Bell
Rings." Hear him. The management
dopes' to keep him next week—hut
this- i3 uncertain.
There are tbree^ rated* of ftne^pic
tures today. The songs are between
4:30 end 6:30 and then from 8:30
to 10:30.
For today large new Irish potatoes,
40 cents a peck.
Large yellow yam potatoes, 40 cents
peck.
A few ripe tomatoes, 35 cents bas
ket
Fresh country eggs, all good, 30
cents dozen.
Fine lot of fat fries, 35, 37 1-2 and
40 cents.
New York Standard granulated su
gar for today. $1.43 sack.
New fresh snap beans, 25 cents
gal.
A fresh lot of cabbage, 3 cents
pound.
Fine select lemons, 30 cents dozen.
Libby’s and Van Camp’s boup three
cans for 25 cents', far today.-
Phone Jossey’s 1176.
The chamber of commerce will take
up with the postal authorities the mat
ter of establishing a through pouch
mail service on tho morning train
operating from this city to Augusta
on the Georgia road. Besides it will
ask for a pouch service on some of the
larger towns between here and Augus
ta. The passenger service is all that
could be asked of the officials of that
load and with the Inauguration of a
mail service much through matter
could be dispatched over this lino
which would expedite the delivery oi
mall to Augusta. There Is consld
erable mail matter to that point from
Athens and it is believed that as soon
as the request reaches the postal au
thorities, the service will be com
menced.
Secretary Callaway is a busy man
and his efforts for the upbuilding
Athens are bringing results. He is
the right man in the right place and
before many weeks the business men
of the this city will begin to realize
the importance of his work.
Offices have been rented in the
Shackelford building and the secretary
hopes to be in his new home some
time next week. Preparations are
now being made to open the office
by the 15th, and with a competent
corps of assistants work in earnest
will be begun.
New Honey.
Qfi&gotipnd packages honey in the
-comb- -Arnold-&- Abney, Phone 1076.
We Buy second-hand school books.
John Roberts ft Co., 278 Clayton St.
Anderson Banking
Co.MakesStatement
In this issue appears the first
statement made by the Anderson
Banking Company, recently organized
in this city. The statement shows
the bank to have been most success
fully conducted and a better showing
could not have been expeotedby tho
officers and stockholders. Under the
Eble management: of Mr. J. T. Ander
son, it has steadily climbed in the
commercial world of this city, and
before another statement is due, it
will rank along with some of the In
stitutions in the state much older.
The business season la just now be
ginning. to open and as it advances.
tl»«* bank will grow with It and by the
first of the year the officers will be
able to make a much better showing
than for the past few months.
President Anderson is to be congrat
ulated on the success he has met with
in the management of the new Insti
tution and it 4a safe to predict that
under his management it will contin
ue to grow and prosper.
Fresh Corn. •
Young—tender—Arnold ft Abney.
Three Tiger Cases
Tried Yesterday
Mayor’s Court
Yesterday morning In mayor’s court
there was; the largest crowd attend
:ng that has assembled on even a
Monday morning for several weeks.
Several cases of disorderly conduct
with the defendants mostly colored
people made up tho “routine’’ busi
ness. The special bill was the trio
of cases against defendants for alleged
violation of the city’s liquor laws.
Two white men and one colored man
were tried and convicted. “Flipper’’
Howard, the negro, was captured on
Broad street peddling the stuff. He
had never been up on this charge be
fare and to assist in the deterrence
of a repetition of the offense the
mayor gaev him the limit of fines al
lowed by law—$20 or six months on
the streets. Eld Mealor, a white man,
was also proven guilty—It being star
ed that he operated on Jackson street.
He was fined $200. He has had cases
of different sorts In the mayor's
before. Comus -Bulloch was the other
white defendant He was already
under a bond for alleged assault upon
a Greek lad several weeks ago and
was recently fined $30 in the mayor’s
court for disorderly conduct in the af
fair in which the Greek had bis
skull fractured with a beer bottle In
the hands of Bulloch. He was found
to have operated a tiger. He was
likewise given a flno of $200.
Peaches 25c Basket.
Small ripe peaches—25c- the has
keL Anio|d ft Abney, Phone 1076.
One more twentyfour hours and the
two ones that we have been longing
for these many days will be marked
up on the calendar’s gridiron practice
beginning on Sanford field. The foot
ball situation has changed but little
during the pest few- days while every
body Is anxiously awaiting the first
practice or rather the first few prao
tlces, to see who really will be on
hand. So far Capta’n Peacock is the
only one who has shown up but sev
eral of the old men and some of the
new candidates are expected In to
day. DeLapierre spent Sunday In the
city and when asked if he was going
to return this year said that It was
his one ambition, but that his father
needed him to look after the farm and
everything depended on whether he
could get his release from there or
not. DeLapierre is in great shape
right now for playing and is several
pounds heavier than last year, weigh
ing something around 165 and every
pound of the lncrese muscle.
Coach Cunningham is here ready for
the first practice tomorrow and assist
ant Coach Ketron will return from
Gainesville today and be on hand.
Tackling the dumm/, falling on the
bail and general fat reducing exercises
make up about ali that will be don©
the first few days. Only afternoon
workouts will be held and these will
be rather light until the weather gets
a bit cooler.
Col. Olive Here
Yesterday
passed through
on his way to Elberton, his old home.
Since becoming a citizen of Augusta,
he has met with much success in the
practice of law and in politics he has
broken the record. With a citizen*
ship of only 18 months, be was eleo*
ted to the legislature from Richmond
county, leading his nearest opponent
by over 600 votes. Col. Olive is well
known in Athens where he has many
friends and relatives who will be
pleased to learn of his success. He la
an orator of much ability and his
services are always in demand lu
state and national campaigns. Dur
ing the primary he made many
speeches for Governor Wilson and
wherever he spoke, he was received
with much enthusiasm. He will re
main in Elberton for a few days ba»
fore returning to his large and lu
crative practice in Augusta.
Southern Bell Offi
cer Died in At
lanta, Ga.
News reached Athens last evening
about 7 o’clock of the death an hour
previous to Mr. W. B. Roberts, divis
ion superintendent of the Southern
Pell Telephone Company, headquar
ters in Atlanta. He had been ill for
several weeks with typhoid fever. Mr. }
Roberts was once business manager^
of the Atlanta Journal and he had, *,
been a frequent visitor in Athens,,*,
where he had hundreds of friends.
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“Fox River Butter."
Fresh today. Arnold ft Abney.
The partnership heretofore under the
name of The Athens Pottery Com
pany, by W. A. Harasha, J. R. Harsha,
and Austin F. Comer, has been dis
co ved. Mr. Comer has retired front
the firm and Mr. W. B. Pope has suc
ceeded to bis interest in the same.
This September 2nd, 1912.
THE ATHENS, POTTERY CO.
Mr. Creighton Callaway brought hie
Interesting little family, his wife and
one br'ght little baby, to Athens from
their former home in Atlanta Sunday
afternoon. They are quartered for the
present at Miss Fannie Lucas’s on
Harris street The people ot Athens
are delighted to have Mr. aai Mrs.
Callaway for citizens and will extend
a cordial welcome to them.
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