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ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1912.
Middling 11 1-8 to 1-4.
ELECTION OCTOBER I6
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People of Clarke jCounty Will Then Vote
Upon Question of Unit System of City a
Public Schools and County
Common Schools.
The election for the county unit sys
tem for Clarke county has been set by
the county commissioners for Wednes
day, October 16th. This action was
taken yesterday morning at the meet
ing of the board. The proceedings
of the board meeting affecting this
most important question, affecting
education of the children of the coun
ty, will be read with interest by the
people of the county whom the com
missioners are serving to the best of
their ability. That part of the min
utes of yesterday’s session is as fol
lows:
New School Law.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 10, 1912.
The Board of Commissioners of
Hoads and Revenue for Clarke Coun
ty, Georgia, convened in special call
session at their office 101 Hodgson-
Shackclford Building. Present Com
missioners: Hodgson, Pittard and
Holman and Tate Wright, Clerk. The
meeting was called to order by Chair
man’ Hodgson.
WHEREAS an Act approved Au
gust 19th, 1912 was enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, the title of which Act is as
follows to-wit:
An ACT
To establish a county Board of Ed
ucation in the several counties of this
State, which had, according to the
United States Census of 1910, a pop
ulation of not less than twenty-three
(23,000) thousand and not exceeding
twenty-four (24,000) thousand in
which the county seat of the county
shall be an incorporated city or town
of a population, according to said
cenus, of not less than fourteen thous
and and five hundred (14,500) and not
more than fifteen (15,000) thousand
in which there is an established local
school system; to incorporate such
boards of county education; to define
the duties and powers of said board;
authorize said board to fix the
amount of taxes to be levied upon the
property of the tax payers of such
counties for school purposes; to pro
vide for the levy and collection of the
tux so fixed; to confer upon such
boards all the power and authority
that may be necessary and proper in
the the administration of the schools
of such counties; to authorize such
counties to make all rules and regula
tions in reference to such school and
conduct of the same; to provide foi
the support of such schools by taxa
tion and otherwise; to authorize such
counties to issue bonds to erect
school houses and for educational pu:
poses; to provide for an election to
determine whether this Act shat*
adopted in any such counties, and for
other purposes.
AND WHEREAS, more than fifty
(50) in number and who are qualified
voters of the County of Clarke, State
of Georgia, have petitioned this
Board to pass an order calling an
election under the provisions of said
Act to determine whether the pro
visions of said Act shall be adopted
by the county, and that such orders
be passed as is requisite and neces
sary as to giving notice of such elec
tion and providing for the holding of
the same, etc., and which said peti
tion is as follows to-wit:
GEORGIA, Clarke County:
To the Honorable the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Rev
enues of the County of Clarke:
The petition of the undersigned re
spectfully shows:
1.
Petitioners, who are more than fif
ty (50) in number, are qualified vot
ers of the county of Clarke, whose
names appear on the last registration
list made up the county registrars
of the county, and who are still resi
dents of said county.
2.
On August 19, 1912, an Act of the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia was approved by the govern
or with the following title:
“An Act to establish a county
Board of Education in the several
coOnties of this State, which had, ac
cording to the United States Census of
1910, a population of not less than
twenty-three (23,000) thousand and
not exceeding, twenty-four (24,000)
in which the county seat of
m county shell be an incorporated
city o rtown of a population accord
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NEWJEAR
Jewish New Year to
be Observed Prop
erly [at Syna
gogue.
The New Year’s cervices will take
place at the “Children of Isreal Tern
pie,” corner of Hancock and Jackson
slreets on this (Wednesday) evening
nt 6:30 o'clock and tomorrow (Thur.-;
day) morning at 10 o’clock. The
rabbi, Dr. Maclit, will preach on "Tue
Jewish Conscience.”
Rosh Hashanah.
Begining Wednesday, the first of
the Jewish holidays will begin, Thurs
day being Rosh Hashanah, or the
New Year, and the Jewish people ol
Athens will celebrate the occasion by
closing their places of business and
by appropriate religious services at
the Synagogue, where the usual Sun
day services will be observed.
The Jewish holidays come a little
earlier this year, beginning on the
11th of September and continuing un
til the 13th.
In the Jewish tradition th-> Rosh
Hashanah marks the anniversary of
the creation of the world, supposed
to have taken place 5,763 years ago;
hence the Jewish year beginning
with this New Year’s day will be
known as the year 5,673.
Rosh Hashanah or New Year, Is
one of the festivals ordained in the
Bible, Leviticus XXIII, 24, 25, where
we read, “In the seventh month, in
the first day of the month, ye shall
have a Sabbath, a memorial of trum-
nets, and holy convocation. Ye Bhall
do no servile work therein.’ As we
note from the Biblical wording, tho
New Year’s day is intended as a day
of memorial, of remembrance, when
not only God calls to mind every
thing His children have done during
the past year, to pass judgmeent on
them according to their works, but
when the children of God should re
member their deeds and properly
evaluate them.
Also, according to the Biblical
prescription, the Shofar or ram's
horn or trumpet is solemnly sounded
a numbe r of times in the Jewish
house of worship to arouse the con
science of the worshippers.
In order to prepare for the solemn
holy season the orthodox Jew for
some days before the New Year’s day
arises at earliest dawn and repairs
to the synagogue where penitential
prayers are intended in a special
mournful chant. This early morning
service continues during the ten days
immediately following the New
Year's day until the day of atone
ment.
In many communities, especially In
Europe, it is customary for the Jews
to congregate on the afternoon of the
New Year near a running stream
where in addition to certain peniten
tial prayers verses 18-20 from the
seventh chapter of Micah are read,
ending with "Thou wilt cast all their
sins Into the depths of the sea." In
some districts crumbs of bread are
thrown into the waters, symbolical of
the sins to be forgiven.
The New Year’s day is one of sol
emn joy and the greeting of the day,
“L’shanah toyah,” a happy New
Year, is heard on all sides, in the
homes and synagogues. The festival
Is observed two days, the 12th and
the 13th of September, by the ortho
dox Jew.
COMMITTEES REPORT
Leading Citizens Who Have Studied the
County Unit School System for Clarke
and Athens Make Report to
the People.
REV. R. E. NEIGHBOUR.
(By J. T.)
The tent meeting begins on Mon
day, September 16th. The opening
service will be held at eight o’clock in
the evening. The location of the tent
will be announced in a day or two. The
seats for the tent have been specially
made to order and are not the pro
verbial uncomfortable seats so com
mon in tent work, but are practically
as comfortable as church pews. A
large choir platform will seat some
fifty singers, and a good piano will
be placed to lead the song.
Three of the Lord’s workers will be
in charge of the campaign for souls.
The personnel is as follows: The
pastor-evangelist is Rev. R. E. Neigh
bours, of Spartanburg, S. C. Mr.
Neighbours, wohse cut appears in this
paper, has been preaching for twenty
two years. During that period he has
been pastor, respectvely, of the East
Macon Baptist church and the First
Baptist churches at Dublin, Ga., Am-
ericus, Ga., Salisbury, N. C., and the
Southside Baptist church of Spartan
burg, S. C. Mr. Neighbours has also
spent two years in Brazil, South Am
erica. Four years ago Mr. Neigh
bours lead in the swarm of the First
Baptist church of Spartanburg. One
hundred and eighteen members, in
cluding three of the leading deacons
entered into the new organization. To
day the First church is as strong ev
ery way as when the Southside was
organized and the new church has
over seven hundred members, and
worships in one of the most commo
dious and beautiful edifices in South
Carolina.
The singer, who will have charge
of the large chorus, and who will sing
the gospel in song, is the Rev. Charles
Butler. Mr. Butler is known both in
the United States and Europe as a
soloist of rare power. He has been
intimately assoicated with Charles
Alexander, with whom he traveled
abroad. He was for two years soloist
for Billy Sunday, when it was no un
common thing to sing daily and night
ly to the thousands who flock to the
Sunday meetings. Mr. Butler also
had charge of Dr. Torroy’s large
choruses for some two years or more.
More recently Mr. Butler has been
traveling among the cities and towns
that have personally sought him, and
has just closed engagaments with the
Tennessee Bapitst Assembly and
with the First Baptist church of Min
neapolis, Dr. W. B. Riley, pastor.
C. E. Mason who is to have charge
of the personal workers and of the
house to house canvass, as well as of
the tract distribution, is a prominent
business man of Charlotte, N. C. He
has not only been very successful in
business, but for years has put the
same enthusiasm into the Lord’s work
that made him recognized in the bus-
ness world. Today Mr. Mason is ar
ranging to close out his business af
fairs in a way that will allow him to
devote more time to the Lord’s work,
and already he has launched a tract
depository that is sending out thous
ands of tracts and books all over the
country.
We feel assured that the ctizens of
Athens will give these visitors a roy
al welcome, and that the Christians of
all denominations will lend encourage
ment to this campaign for God. While
the Baptists have in view through this
meeting the possible establishment of
a new church, which the denomination
so much needs in this city yet we are
assured that no methods will be em
ployed that could in any wise make
any Christian of whatever member
ship in the least embarrassed. We are
in this work for God and his His
glory, and seek the prayers and fel
lowship in service of all saints.
The Young Men Who
Won Two Thous
and Dollar-
Scholarships.
The two one thousand dollar schol
arships offered by the Southern R. R.
to two young men who wish to study
at the State Agricultural College were
awarded today, after a rigid written
examination. Mr. Pope Hill, of Toc-
coa, Ga. ,a graduate of the Toccoa
High School, with Mr. H. G. Wiley, of
Eastenville, Ga., as alternate, a grad
uate of the State Normal, won the
scholarship in the northern section.
The southern section scholarship
was won by Mr. Horace S. Lasseter,
of the Vienna High School, with Mr.
Wilson W. Blyes, of Tifton, alternate.
The two winners will receive $250
a year for four years unless Dr. Soule
should decide to divide the scholar
ships between the two highest in each
section.
The winners made high grades for
so rigid an examination and the
Southern R. R. and the college are to
be congratulated upon the character
of the young men chosen.
GOES TO BLAKELY
AFTER BAD NEGRO
County Special Officer Will Bring Al
leged Burglar Back to Athens.
Special Officer R. Alex. Saye of the
county of Clarke leaves this morning
for Blakely to bring Ben Timmons, a
negro charged with burglary here
back to this city to answer to the
charge in court. Timmons was arrest
ed by officers in Blakely yesterday
morning.
New Road Stands
the Test of
Weather
One of the finest tests of the effi
ciency of the special work done by the
good roads department of the school
of engineering at the University of
Georgia has been made io an instance
occurring in Clarkesvill*, Habersham
county. Some weeks ago that county
and the city authorities requested
Prof. John C. Koch of the good roads
department to visit Clarkesville and
give his advice on the road leading
fo* a mile from the railway station to
the public square. He found a piece
of semi-street which needed slightly
re-locating and some grading. He
found also that the road was an im
passable strip of mountain red clay a
great part of the year in waft weath
er. He gave them suggestions as tc
grade and re-location. He then went
into the territory near the road and
found the particular top soil needed
to make a surface. Half a mile of the
road had now been made by his plans.
The mud is a thing of the past. The
top soil, properly selected for its
chemical qualities of composition,
mixed in the right manner with red
day forms the ideal, well-nigh per
fect surface for a roadway that will
Death of Daughter
of Mr. and Mrs.
Gaissert
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Gaissert, formerly of this city,
will be unexpressiblv grieved to hear
of the death of their little daughter,
Lillian Lucile, which occurred in the
early morning of September 9th.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaissert have hun
dreds of warm friends in Athens,
whose hearts will go out In loving
sympathy to them in the loss of their
only child.
The funeral and Interment took
place on Monday afternoon, at their
home, near Griffin, Ga.
Mrj Tate Wright has returned from
Atlantaf
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With Nick Carter on
His Trail, Thrilling
Elite Picture
Today.
stand the hardest sort of traffic in
summer and winter, in wet and dry^
weather, for loaded mountain produi.
wagon or touring car.
This is but one little example of
what the good rods department can
and does accomplish for the counties
which seek the expert advice of the
University of-Georgia through its
school of engineering. *
For a picture par excellence from
every point of view the Elite today
takes the premium and then a few
somes additional. The writer had the
pleasure of watchiug the test run
last night near the hour of twelvo
and the unusual four-reel feature
from the Claire people will do all
that is claimed for it in the way of
accomplishing complete and compre
hensive satisfaction. The story is
one of the most startling combina
tions of vivid photography, inexpli
cable trick-stunts, sensational effects,
and beautiful scenery, combined with
marvelous characterization, lighting
change roles, and cleverness ever
coheeived. It has never been seen in
Athens before—it will be seen by hun
dreds today, if the hundreds want to
see about the biggest thing that ever
came off a reeL
The uncanny resourcefulness of
Zigomar, the incomparable Frencn
burglar and genteel desperado, artist
in crime, is matched by the clever
ness, the marvelous Ingenuity of the
detective, Nick Carter. Fiiet one
and then the other gets the better of
the fierce contest of wits. There are
passages in which the scenery In sur
passingly beautiful; there are scores
of scenes which are unexplainable in
their puzzling transformations; there
are struggle sand {-lotting, conspira
cies and counter-action, charter of
mystery and sensational action follow
fast and follow faster—and all
through the story u well as the act
ing and photographic effects hold and
center the attention and interest.
“Zigomar versus Nick Carter," will
be talked about for months to come
as the "movie” sensation at the
Elite.
Chairman Cohen of the county unit
system of - schools, has called a meet
ing of the citizens of Athens to be
held on Friday evening at half after
eight o’clock, at tho city hall. Every
citizen in the county is invited and
urged to be present. The movement
is for tlie good of tho county and for
the betterment of school conditions.
Every child in the county will bo giv
en the same advatnages; the child in
the country will have the same oppor-
(unites as the child living in the city.
The system provides for equal condi
tions to all.
The following synopsis compiled by
a special committee, giving the main
features of the bill creating the sys
tem and setting forth the require-
loents of the citizens of tho county,
provided the system is established la
given below in full. It should be
read carefully by every citizen. The
synopsis:
Athens, Ga, September 6, 1912.
Mr. Aaron Cohen,
Chairman Campaign Committee of
County Unit School System, Ath
ens, Georgia.
Dear Sir:
The undersigned, who were appoint*
ed a committee by the recent meeting
of those interested in the county unit
system of schools, submit the follow
lug report:
The purpose of inaugurating the
county unit system of schools for
Clarke county is to extend to every
child in the county equal school priv
ileges. That is, every child In the ru*
ral districts is to have the samo
school privleges that are-given to the
children in the city. It is not Intend
ed that the city shall reap any benefit
<>f taxes which are collected out of
the property in the country, or that
the country will reap any profit out
of taxes that are collected in the city.
It is believed that the combining of
the city system with the present coun
tv system of schools, so as to make
one system of schools throughout the
county, embracing all children both
ia the city and in the country, will
give the children in the country as
good and thorough school privileges,
and for as long a term, as the city
now gives the children within the
city. In addition to this, the unit sys
tem will afford high school privleges
for the children in the country. All
the schools, both in the city and in
the country, will have the same super
vision that the city schools now have.
Property owners In the city will not
have their taxes incerased for school
purposes, for the same tax which they
now pay for that purpose will still be
paid, under the unit system to the
treasurer of the county board of edu
cation instead of the city treasurer.
This last statement is based upon
the cost of running the city
schools during the year just pass
ed. It cost the city forty cents on the
hundred dollars to run its schools dur»
lng the year 1911-12.
The city taxable property
for 1912 is $9,552,344.09
1 mills on this would be 38.209.09
The city received from the
State 10,249.09
-thresh snap beans.
icy large celery.
Nice ripe tomatoess.
California Malaga, grapes. '. i
Rocky Ford cantaloupes.
Klngan’s . sliced bacon.
The best cheese in town.
ARNOLD & ABNEY—Phono 1076.
Total costs for the year.. $48, 68.09
Upon the same basis of taxation oq
county property, the figures on coun
ty property outside of the city would
be:
Total taxable property out
side the city $3,324,619.09
4 mills on this would be . 13,298.09
The county last year re
ceived from the State . 8,335.00
Total estimated cost.. .. $21,633.00
Estimating the cost of the county
schools on the same rate as the cost
of the city schools and on the basis
of last year’s enrollment, the cost ot
running the schools outside of the
city would be $23,500.00. But the
fact that several of the rural schools
can be consolidated, with more
grades in the school, and that the
costs of supervision will not be In
creased, the estimated cost of operat*
ing the schools can be brought with
in the amount realized from a 4-mll|
levy. The only difference In the two
plans, so far the city tax-payer la con
cerned, la that he pays a tax which
(a levied for school purposes to »*»a
county instead ot the city. Tha
amount that would be paid la either
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