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Full List of Prize Winners in the Best Ex
hibition of Flowers, Plants and Vege
tables the Athens Ladies’ Garden
Club Has Ever Made.
The list of awards below is the
complete list of prize-winners, the
prizes offered, and the several arti
cles for which they were offered at
the exhibition of the Athens Ladies’
Garden Club which closed laBt night.
The awards were made Thursday
evening but the list was not quite in
«hape for publication till yesterday
morning:
Flowers.
$5.00, by Ladles’ Garden Club, best
collection roses, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
Tabouret, by Dorsey & Co. second
best collection roses, Mrs. E. K.
Lumpkin.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best vase white
roses, Miss R. Farabee.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best vase red
roses, Miss R. Farabee.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best vase yellow
roses, Mrs. T. W. Reed.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best vase pink
roses. Miss R. Farabee.
$1.00, by Mrs. Frank Bowden, best
vase any color roses, Mrs. J. P.
Fears.
Orpington Fowl, by Mrs. W. A.
Ivey, best vase Marchiel Neil roses,
Mrs. J. P. Fears.
Fountain Pen, by McGregor Co.,
best display 0 varieties roses, Mrs.
Jno. R. Cain.
Premium, by Michael Bros., best
ssecqnd display 6 varieties roses, Mrs.
E. K. Lumpkin.
$8.00, by L. G. C., best display deco
rative plants, Mrs. T. W, Reed.
$5.00, by L. G. C., second best dis
play decorative plants, Mrs. Jno. R.
Cain.
Premium, by Talmage Hardware
Co., third best decorative plants, Mrs.
A P. Cochran.
$5.00, bly L. G. C., best display
ferns, Mrs. T. W. Reed.
$3.00, by L. G. C., second best dis
play ferns, Mrs. Jno. Gerdine.
$2.00, by L. G. C., best decorative
plant, Mrs. T. W. Ret d. —
$1.00, by L. G. C., best Maiden Hair
fern, Mrs. T. W. Reed.
$2.00, by L. G. C.. best specimen
palm, Mrs. T. W. Reed.
Bottle Perfume, by Palmer’s, 2nd
best palm, Miss Sarah Cobb.
$1.00, by Mrs. F. J. Orr, 3rd best
palm, Miss Sarah Cobb.
$5.00, subscription by Athens Ban
ner for best collection Begonias, Mrs.
A. P. Cochran.
Tabouret, by Miller Furniture Co.,
2nd best collection Begonias, Mrs.
Jno. Gerdine.
Premium, by Mr. Allen Talmage,
best specimen. Begonia, Mrs. A. P.
Cochran.
$1.00, by Miss Rosa von der Leith,
2nd best specimen Begolnia, Mrs. A.
r. Cochran.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best hanging
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Clarke County Dem
ocrats Will Hold
Mass Meeting
Today at 11.
basket, Miss Sarah Cobb.
Umbrella, by Chas. Stern Co., best
display Dahlias, Mrs. Tom Comer.
$:250, by Hastings, Atlanta, Ga.,
2nd best display Dahlias, Miss R.
Farabee.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best vase red
Dahlias, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by Mrs. W. A. Harris, 2nd
best vase red Dahlias, Mrs. E. K.
Lumpkin.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best vase pink
Dahlias, Mrs. Chas. Snelling.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best vase
yellow Dahlias, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best vase any
color Dahlias, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
Subscription to Clarke County
Courier for best palm, Phoenix
Roebellini, Mrs. C. D. Cox.
White Orpington, by Mrs. Charles
Snelling, best display Nasturtiums,
Mrs. T. W. Reed.
$1.00, by Miss Nute, 2nd best dis
play Nasturtiums, Mrs. E. S. Rylee.
$1.00, by Mrs. C. M. Snelling, best
display Salvias, Mrs. T. P. Stanley.
$2.00, by Ladies’ Garden Club, best
window box, Mrs. Alva Harris.
$1.00, by Mrs. R. E. Park, 2nd best
window box, Miss Sarah Cobb.
$1.00, by Miss Nute, .best display
Verbenas, Miss R. Farabee.
$2.00, by L. G. C., for best club
plant, Whitmani fern, Mrs. Charles
Snelling.
Merchandise $2.00, by G. H. 'Wil
liamson for special Whitmani fern,
Mrs. Alva Harris.
$1.00, by Miss Rosa von der Leith,
best display Lilies, Mrs. Jno. Gerdine.
Vegetables.
$10.00, by Empire State Chemical
Co., Athens, Ga., for best collection
finest vegetables, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$5.00, by L. G. C., for 2nd best fin
est vegetables, Mrs. E. K. Lumpkin.
$3.00, br L- O. C., for 3rd finest
■vegetables, Mrs. C. D. Cox.
$5.00, by L. G. G, table finest vege
tables, Mrs. Henry West
Laprobe, $6.00, by GrifTeth Imple
ment Co., for 2nd table finest vege
tables, Mrs. J. S. King.
$2.50, by H. G. Hastings & Co.. At
lanta, Ga., for best waiter of vege
tables, not less than six kinds, Mrs.
J. N. Webb.
$2.00, by C. W. Parr for 2nd best
waiter of vegetables, not less than
six kinds, Mrs. John Gerdine.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best gallon
artichokes, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
6 lbs. Coffee, by Kink Hodgson Co.,
2nd best gallon artichokes, Miss R.
Von der Leith.
$1.00, by Mre. Jno. Cain best qt. dry
bush Lima beans, shelled, Mrs. J. P.
Fears. t
$1.00, by L. G. C., best qt. green
pole Lima beans, shelled, Mrs. J. P.
Fears.
$1.00, hy L. G. C., best qt of green
bush Lima beans, shelled, Mrs. J. P.
Fears.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best qt green
bush Snap beans, Mrs. E. K. Lump
kin.
$1.00, by Miss Sarah Cobb, best qt.
green pole Snap beans, Mrs. J. P.
eFars.
$2.00, by Mrs. Henry Comer for
best display of Snap beans, not less
than three varieties, Mrs. J. P. Fears,
$1.00, by Mrs. Gerald GreeD for
best qt. cornfield beans, Mrs. E. K,
Lumpkin.
$1.00, by Mrs. A. P. Cochran, best
display of fall grown beets, Mrs. Hen
ry West.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best half
dozen beets, Mrs. Henry West.
50 cts., by L. G. C., for 2nd best
half dozen beets, Mrs. J. S. King.
$1.50, by Orr Drug Co., for best dis
play cabbage, Mrs. E. K. Lumpkin.
Subscription to Clarke County
Courier for best stalk collards, Mrs.
A. P. Cochran.
50 cts., by L. G. C., for best dry
ear of corn, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by Palmer’s Uptown drug
store for best display Carrots not less
than six roots, MmJLJSL J&djb.
Oleander tub, by Athens Pottery Co
for best display of egg plants, not less
than five, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
50c, by L. G. C., for best endive,
Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for twelve pods
of okra, Mrs. J. N. Webb.
$3.00 silk muffler, Wingfield Bros.
& Co., for best plant of peppers, ripe
and green, Mrs. H. V. Head.
$2.00, by Mrs. J. P. Fears, for best
waiter onions, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by Mrs. Lucy Matthews, foi
best display ."sley, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by Mrs. H. S. West, for best
display pepper, ripe and green, Mrs. J
S. King.
$1.00, L. G. C., best specimen Chi
nese giant pepper, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best specimen
pumpkin, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$2.00, by Miss R. Faraber, best dis
play Irish potatoes, Mrs. J. P. Fears
$1.00, by Mrs. W. A. Carlton, best
specimen Irish potatoes, Mrs. J. P
Fears.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best peck
sweet potatoes, Mrs. C. D. Cox.
50c, by L. G. C., for best specimen
sweet potatoes, Mrs. C. D. Cox.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best display of
salsify, Mrs. E. K. Lumpkin.
50c, by L. G. C., specimen of sals!
fy roots, Mrs. E. K. Lumpkin.
$1.00, by L. G. C„ six roots horse
reddish, Mrs. J. S. King.
$1.00, by L. G. C., best dispiay of
reddish, Mrs. J. P. Pears.
$1.00, by L. G. C.. best specimen
squash, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
One pair Homer pigeons, by Mr.
W. A. Harris, best gallon ground peas.
Mrs. C. D. Cox.
$5.00 subscription to Athens Ban
ner, best display tomatoes, Mrs. J. P
Fears.
$2.75 bam, by Wingfield Cash Gro
cery Co., Athens, Ga,, for 2nd best
display of tomatoes, Mrs. Henry West
$1.50, by L. G. C„ for best twelve
tomatoes, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, 4 by Mrs. Jesse Beussee, for
best Ponderosa tomatoes, Mrs. J.
Fears.
$1.00, by Mrs. W. B. HUl, for best
erimson cushion, Mrs. J. P. Fears
$1.00, by Mrs. R. C. Orr, for best
Golden Queen, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by L. G. C„ for best six to
matoes, Mrs. J. S. King.
50c, by L. G. C. for best specimen
turnip, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.90, by L. G. C., for best display
herbs, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$2.50, by Mr. C. A. Rowland, for
best collection of home grown seeds.
Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$1.00, by L. G. C., for best display
of leeks, Mrs. J. P. Fears.
$11.50, Perfection three burner oil
stove, from the Standard Oil Co., for
best exhibit This Includes pot plants,
vegetables and all cut flowers. Mis
T. W. Reed.
There will be a mass meeting of
the democrats of Athens and Clarke
county today.
The time Is one o’clock, promptly.
The place Is the council room at the
city halL
The purpose of the mass meeting
is the election of a new executive
committee of the democratic party in
this county.
A chairman of the executive com
mittee will also be chosen at the
same time and place.
It is important for every democrat
who possibly can do so to be on hand.
It is a privilege and a duty which the
adherents to the party organization
have of taking part in the very ini
tial work of the organization. Go to
the mass meeting; take a part in
the proceedings; and abide, as good
democrats, by the action of the party
in mass meeting assembled.
The Official Call.
The following is the official call for
the meeting as sent out by the present
chairman of the democratic execu
tive committee of Clarke county, Hon.
John B. Gamble:
To whom it may concern:
By virtue of the authority vested
in me as chairman of the Democratic
.Executive Committee of Clarke coun
ty, I hereby request the democratic
voters of Clarke county to assemble
at the city hall at 1 o’clock, Saturday,
October 26, for the purpose of elect
ing the democratic executive commit,
tee for the ensuing two years.
I desire*to call your attention to
the necessity of having a full attend
ance, as there are matters of import
ance to be acted upon.
This October 25, 1912.
JOHN B. GAMBLE,
Chairman Clarke County Democratic
Executive Committee.
TheRiversideMilitary
Academy to Tackie
Athens High
Today.
The “Army” hoys, otherwise the
fellows from the R. M. A. at Gaines
ville, the eleven which trounced Gor
don the other day, will come down to
try the Athens Highs about four quar
ters this afternoon.
Frank Anderson who started the
present Athens high eleven off will
be the coach for the Riverside boys
and this will add interest to the game.
The game will be played on Sanford
field, while the Georgia eleven Is in
Columbus defeating the University of
Alabama.
The game will be called at three
thirty. The admission will bn twenty-
five cents and the proceeds of the
gate receipts will go to defray the ex
penses of the Riverside team ou theli
trip to Athens.
The Riverside lineup has not been
announced. The Athens High will
have about (the following: Left end,
Wier; left tackle, Bond; left guard.
Sizer; center, Soule; right guard,
Martin; right- tackle, Bailey; right
end, Wilson; quarter. Hutchens;
right half, O’Farrell; left half, Cox;
full hack, Costa.
The game will be well worth see
lug.
Go and root for the “locals”—they
deserve the heartiest rooting any city
high school eleven ever had accorded
them.
L OF MR. R.
The Condition of the
Various Bridges in
the County of
Clarke.
Moire Students Registered^ at the Univer
sity of Georgia Now Than the Total
Registration Last .Year. Last Stu
dent from the Philippines.
L MOSS, SR.,
The funeral services for Mr. R. L.
Moss, Sr., will occur tomorrow morn
ing at 11 o’clock, to be conducted
from the First Methodist church of
which he was seventy years a stew
ard. The pastor of the church, Rev.
Dr. J. C. Morris, will conduct the ser
vices. The interment will be in Oco
nee cemetery. The stewards of the
church will compose the honorary
escort and the following will be the
active pall-bearers: Mr. Arthur E.
Griffith, Mr. Edgar Levy, Mr. Edward
M. Howell/ Mr. Joe N. Webb, Chan
cellor D. C. Barrow, Mr. H. H. Lin
ton, Col. Thomas F. Green, and Judge
John R. White.
In Memory of Mr. Moss.
Truly it was a “a friend coming on
an errand of release and divine con
voy,” that death came to Mr. R. L.
Moss on Thursday night and now ly
ing amid beautifpl flowers, with a
veritable radiance of peace upon hia
face his mortal remains await the
last loving services which will be
held at the First Methodist church
on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
For seventy years Mr. Moss had
been a steward of this church, having
been elected to that position at eigh
teen years of age.
He lived his first sixteen years in
Oglethorpe county and then came to
Athens and began his business life,
as a clerk. In 1846 he. formed a part
nership with Maj. Blanton Hill and
from that time until 1861’ his was an
active life of unusual constructive
force.
During the War Between the States
after helps with Gen. Howell Cobb in
Florida he was transferred to Atlanta
and there placed in charge of the
commissary department where he re
mained In constant service until' the
surrender. One Incident of this pe
riod of his life is vividly recalled.
The food supply was so low that or
ders were given that only to the sol
diers must bread be given. Seeing
the starving, freezing women, Mr.
Moss said quietly, “I will buy bread
for the women” and this he did-as
long as he had anything with which
to pay and returned from there In a
state of complete physical and finan
cial depletion. *
After eighteen months of battling
with disease he took up the struggle
for a living, having charge successive
ly of the Princeton Cotton factory.
Pioneer Paper Mill and superintend
Ing the building of the Northeast rail
road, now a branch of the Southern.
For thirty-four years Mr. Moss had
IB.
DEATH OHM
LAST IH
Last night about half after seven
o’clock occurredvthe death of Mrs. An
nie E. Toomer, the widow of the late
J. B. Toomer of this city. Mrs. Toom
er has been confined to her room foi
several weeks past—suffering from
pulmonary trouble. She was fifty-
nine years of age and had been a
resident of Athens for many years.
She leaves a brother and sister—rest;
dents of. this city: Col. E. <S. Price
and Mrs. Chas. N. Weatherly.
The body will be carried to Charles-
ton, her former home, and the burial
will be by the side of her husband,
whose death occurred something more
than a year ago.
Mrs. Toomer was identified with
her husband in business for many
years and since his death has been
carrying on the business he establish
ed and in which he and his wife to
gether amassed large property.
Mrs. Toomer had a large number
of friends here who will receive the
news of her death with much sorrow
Good Meeting at
Second Baptist
A good .meeting has been in pro
gress all this week at the Second
Baptist church, East Athens, Rev. F.
P. Cooper, the pastor, being assisted
by Rev. Willie Saye. Much Interest
has been aroused and the congrega
tions have been growing in numbers
each night. The series of services
will probably be protracted through
next week also,
been in the cotton business and in- all
these varying enterprises he had
built up a reputation for absolute
honesty, justice and consideration of
tbe less fortunate.
With Christian steadfastness he
has gone in and out before this peo
ple, meeting bis obligations as a cit
izen, helping the weak to bear their
burdens long before he achieved any
thing like what is called “success 1
for himself.
Mr. Moss was married in 1848 to
Miss Mary Anthony who died .rhile
on their wedding journey. In 1856 he
married Miss Elizabeth Luckie, of
Covington, Georgia. The married
life of this couple is known to reach
the plane of the ideaL
Mrs. Moss survives her husband
and In this hour of separation the
knowledge of his blameless life, lived
each day In the fear of the Lord, Is
a source of strength and comfort as
Is the realization that 'tor God's chll :
dren to be death-called is to he God-
called: to he God-called Is to be
Christ-found; to be Christ-found 4s
Hope and Home and Heaven."
The report of the grand jury com
mittee on roads and bridges id al
ways of importance and interest to
the public. The committee from the
last grand jury made an automobile
inspection of the roads and bridges
covering nearly all sections of the
county. Their written report men
tions only those things which to them
seemed in need of attention. As a
consequence, the trend of the report
may be misleading to a stronger or
even to our own citizens who are not
familiar with the efficient work which
the county gets In all road and bridge
matters. The Banner has taken the
trouble to investigate the minutes
and records of the commissioners
with a view to supplying further in
formation which will prevent any
misconstruction of the brief report
submitted by the grand jury commit
tee. It appears that since July, the
county engineer has been specially
charged with bridge inspection. Near
ly all of the bridges in the county
have been inspected during the past
two months, and contracts to the
amount of $2800 have been let for
new steel bridges and for 1200 feet of
iron bridge railing to replace the
wooden railing which is so difficult
to maintain on the open bridges and
trestles. The committee of tbe grand
jury seem to have been unaware of
these facts for the new bridge ma
terial and railing was ordered for the
very bridges to which they call at
tention.
As to the two bridges on the Lex
ington road mentioned by the report,
two new steel spans were contracted
for after advertisement early in Sep
tember last subject to mill delivery.
The steel mills are rushed with or
ders and it requires several months
to secure these bridges. In the mean
time, these two bridges have been
firmly supported by additional props
below and are carefully watched by
residents close by and are entirely
safe for the public.
Similarly for the wooden trestle
over Shcal Creek, a 120 ft steel
bridge has been Ordered and will be
erected on arrival. This trestle has
been supported thoroughly and is un
der the inspection of Mr. W. R. Tuck
a nearby resident who will report
any weakness' if it should develop.
Similarly, the steel bridge on Tal-
lassee Road of which one pier was
somewhat undermined by the heavy
flood in August and thrown out of
level. After inspection it was decid
ed to let the pier settle as much as it
would before jacking up the bridge
and building new concrete under it
In its present condition it is safe foi
traffic, owing to the strength and
rigidity of the heavy structure. It
was thought by the county engineei
immediately after the freshet thal
the county would be forced to move
the bridge and build two new piers at
cost of $i500.00. But after waiting
and watching for further settlement
it is now hoped that the present pier
can be repaired and that a very large
expenditure saved.
Several-references are made to de
fective wooden bridge railings., The
county engineer has advised the use
of iron railings on all 'uncovered
bridges and trestles. In September
the contract was let for 1200 ’feet of
such railing. The most difficult prob
lem in bridge maintenance, is keeping
satisfactory railing of wood. The
decay is rapid, the fastings give way,
and the careless traveller frequently
prizes off the pieces for camp fire pur
poses. The substitution of iron rail
ings firmly, bolted to the bridge tim
bers will-be. a great economy and
safeguard to the-public.
The record of more than a hundred
years in attendance at the Univer
sity of Georgia has been again broken.
Last year's total enrollment accord
ing to the pecorda of the registrar was
six hundred and fifty-four.
There have been registered already,
by Oct 25, more than all last year’s
enrollment and If the proportional in
crease shall develop between this
time and the middle of the Bpring
term corresponding to last year's, tbe
attendance will' run away over tbe
seven hundred mark.
The six hundred and fifty-seventh
student registered yesterday.
The studet who broke the records
of last year’s total registratlo is J. G.
PoweU, who comes to take a B. S.
course. He has been a soldier In the
regular army of the United States and
was discharged honorably from the
service- on account olt failure off
health. Be comes now to begin train
ing for life of another sort and seta
in to take an academic coarse looking^
to the Bachelor of Science degree.
Tbe next student to register was
W. A. Luburrow. He is one of the
first to register for the new course
which is part of the full medical, col
lege course—two years here and two
years;, afterward at tbe medical
college In Augusta, now fully a
branch of the University Bystem.
The six hundred and fifty-seventh
student la irom the islands ’round the
world—the Philippines, Manuel Ri
ver!. Hei comes to take the regular
course in pharmacy in tbe school of
pharmacy of. the University of Geor
gia.
ATTEM’flD 10 WRECK CENTRAL OF
IA PM
For an attempt to wreck a Central
Railroad train Sanders Reagan, a ne
gro, was yesterday .morning placed in
the Clarke county prison—to await
trial for an alleged felony.
At tbe “ninety-nine and a half”
mile post several miles out from Ath
ens, in this connty, the alleged at
tempt was made. It is charged that
a heavy piece of iron was placed on
the track a little while before the pas
senger train coming into the city of
Athens was due to pass. It happened
that the work crew was out later than
usual and was racing in ahead of the
train on a hand car. The handcar
struck the obstacle and was derailed,
the section foreman and several hands
being flung in air and landed in a
heap by the side of the track, with
sundry scratches and bruises.
The accident to-tbe handcar doubt
less saved the regular passenger train
from a serious accident in which
lives probably would have been lost.
HNK TICKET" STORY SIRED
IHE BOYS IIP ON YESTERDAY
Dr Thomas* Raw Foods
“Stafovlife Bread”, “Nutlike Flakes'
“Stomachease,” etc. Fresh shipment
today. Arnold & Abney. Phone 1076.
Tbe story in the Banner yesterday
morning relative to the use of colored
tickets in the national election on the
fifth of November stirred up the dem
ocratic brethren in this neck of the
woods.
Active citizens in polities discuss
ed the matter of the pink ticket for
the democratic candidate and after
consultation and consideration, dis
cussion and deliberation, it was decid
ed by several to go direct to head-
querters for some action. The chair
man of the democratic executive com
mittee, Hon. W. J. Harris, was ap
pealed to in the following telegram
signed hy five democrats of this
city: f
Wire to Chairman.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 25, 1912.
Honorable .W. J. Harris, Ohm. State
Candler Building, Atlanta, Ga.
We think it wisest to use the
white ticket which, has been the us
ual ticket used for years in all elec
tions and not take any chances of
irregularity inf using a ticket which is
unusual and cpntrary to tbe past cus
tom. We will have white tickets dis-
tributed, recalling as far as possible
the tickets which have been distrib
uted according to your instructions,
unless we are advised to tbe contrary.
Answer.
GEO. C. THOMAS,
Pres. Clarke Co. Wilson Club,
JOHN B.* GAMBLE,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com,
mittee, Clarke County.
S. J. TRIBBLE,
H. J. ROWE.
ANDREW J. COBB.
Reply Came Back.
It was not a long wait for a re
sponse. The following is the reply
to Congressman Tribble sent by
Chairman Harris:
Atlanta, Ga., 19-25-12.
Hon. S. J. Tribble,
Athens, Ga.
■ While there is no law against us
ing pink ballot it might be carried
Jnto United States court if Georgia
electoral vote was needed to elect
Wilson. Have decided to use regular
white ballot.
W. J. HARRIS.
Chairman.
Romance in Real Life Enters
' Realm of Local Showdom
At the time of the committee’s visit
to Simonton’s bridge, the road force
was'engaged on extenisve filling and.
improvements . there. An integral
part of that work is to make the ap
proaches and abutments thoroughly
safe, and to substitute iron beams lot
wooden ones. Ne^on’s bridge was
carefully irspected in August. The
bents and floor beams are strong. The
floor Is trough and has some bad
planks anjl the railing is weak.
npwi floor and Iron railing had been
recommended for this structure. V
The road from W, L. .Child’s place
to ^Alfred Towns’ place reported in
bad'- condition by the committee lies
on a very rough location, .serves few 1
houses and for some years bps. been
largely unusued by the. general public
who prefer the .excellent-ridge.T’oads
as-outlets from ^at^ewitory:
Doubtless, if .. tbi>%and'-jury com
mittee had been accompanied by one
of the commissioners or the county
engineer, they would have had a
clearer grasp of the bridge and road
situation.
Our citizens are vitally interested
in the bounty's road building progress
in T which some $20,000 or more is
She was a rather startled little wo
man who stopped at the front of the
Majestic theater yesterday afternoon
and saw a marriage license with her
name ns one of the contracting par
ties written on it—
Pinned up on the billboard in the
arcade.
There was flurrying and confusion
also.
•bock.dC it is one at real
ihemberB 'of the com
ic vaudeville at the
lye been inlove w^th each
- V'time. They have been
-,y had agreed to mar-
Friends of the contract-
r£o went to the ordinary
for the license thought It would'"be
a good-Joie to post the licAse and
announce that the marriage would be
on the stage of the theater—as there
are many friends of the couple, made
since their coming to Athens a week
ago, who wanted to witness the cere
mony. But when the little woman
saw the license tacked up she came
near backing down. So determined
a fight did. she put up that the mar
riage which was to have -been last
night was deferred till tonight The
bride finally agreed to the ceremony
being performed on the stage and
the. pair is quite as happy as before
(the- “riffet” about the manner of the
knot-tying occurred. Judge Young
will perform the ceremony on the
stage of the Majestic tonight at 9
o’clock; and M;iss Lottie- Graber will
become Mrs. Frank LaMonte.
annually, spent. Tbe p&st six-months
red about $10,000 on strictly
read bufidubg and bridges. With this
j»nm; ll i^hHes'of excellent top soil
roads were built, and a new 24 ft,
steel bridge wifh concrete pleia was
erected; The county ..has gotten full
value in return for the expenditure.'
The tax values in Buck Branch In
Georgia Factqry and In Kenney’s dis
tricts should show a distinct increase
ion the next digest in consequence.
The commissioners are following a
steady policy of doing thorough con
struction as they go, trying at the
same time to do justly hy all sections
of the county, and they have .begun
not only a. systematic Inspection of
bridges, but have adopted the sound
policy of replacing modern trestles
as fast as possible by concrete piers
mid steel beam construction. The
grand jury committee has., uninten
tionally, by their report; given a
wrong Impression to .the public of tho
road work in the county and the effi
ciency with which it is being handled.
The testimony and public judgment
Is universal that Clarke county has
the largest mileage and the best
roads of any county in Georgia for
tbe money she has spent.
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