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ATHENS, GA^ FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER
Rain.
Cotton: 11).
Address by the President, Mrs. Lamar, and
One by Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens
of Brandon, Miss.
Hon..DuPont Guerry of Macon, Judge An
drew Cobb, Elector from State at Large,
Judge G. C. Thomas, and Others
y Will Speak for Wilson.
Features of
Last Night’s Interesting
Session.
4 EVERY VOTE NEEDED! 4
.4 New York, N. Y., Oct. 31.— 4
4' The Athenff Banner, Athens, 4
4 Ga.: The election of./ Wilson 4-
4 and Marshall next Tuesday is 4
4 assured but we need every pos- 4
4 sible v*»*e;in Georgia *o give us 4
4 a popular majority. We urge 4
4 every democrat to cast his bal- 4'
4 lot next Tuesday for the Wil- 4
4 son electors. 4
4 A. O. .BACON, 4
4 HOKE SMITH, 4
4 U. S. Senators from Georgia. 4
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Rally Tom morrow Night.
Hon. DuPont Guerry of Macon, one
of the most powerful political think
ers and one of the most effective
speakers in the state will be the prin.
cipal speaker to be ^feard tomorrow
night at the city hall in this city when
the democrats of Clarke hold their
“Wilson Rally”—pursuant to the gen
eral plan for rallies in every county
and in every state of the Union on
that date.
The announcement of his date to
speak here tomorrow night wan
made yesterday morning. He was in,
vited by Col. Howell Erwin, chairman
of the Clarke executive committee,
and accepted the invitation.
Judge Andrew J. Cobb, of this city,
one of the electors from the state
at large, will also be on the program.
Judge Geo. C. Thomas president ol
the Clarke County Wilson Club, will
also make a speech..
Others will be heard also.
The officers of ; the-Wilson dub and
the chairman and members of the
democratic executive committee for
ibis county are anxious that as full,
representative turn-out of voters as
possible he had tomorrow night.
More interest right now than ever
before in the campaign is Bttrring in
this part of the state and the rally
prouiess to key the democratic feel
ing up to the voting point in such a
degree that ihe popular majority for
the democratic candidates shall be in
Georgia a record one.
Meeting called to order by presi-
dnet at 9:45.
Invocation by Dr. J. W. Lynch, pas
tor of First Baptist church. Annie
Laurie was beautifully sung by Miss
Minnie Thomas, Mrs. Audley Morton
accompanist. Vote of thanks given
Miss Thomas and Mrs. Morton.
Mrs. Haralson read telegrams of
greeting and good wishes from the
Dalton chapter and from Mr. S. A.
Cunningham, Editor of the Confed
erate Veteran.
Minutes, of Wednesday afternoon
session read and accepted.
Mrs. Wolff, chairman of Credentials
committee made report. * One hun
dred eighty-one delegates present.
Report accepted with rising vote of
thanks.
Shiloh monument report, in the
absence of the chairman, Mrs. J. K.
Ottley, was real by Mrs. McCall.
Miss Benning asked that generous
amounts be pledged for this monu
ment for 1913. Mrs. Franklin took
the chair and Mrs. Lamar spoke urg
ing liberal contributions for the same
object.
Chapter roll was called and 3230.00
pledged.
Mrs. Rounsaville made an earnest
plea for Arlington. Stated that more
than one-fourth of the Confederate
dead of Georgia lie buried there.
Chapter roll was called and
pledged.
Miss Rutherford, Mrs. A. McD. Wil
son and Miss Baxter spoke on the
importance of having the monument
at Arlington worthy of the ones it
will commemorate and the cause
they died for, as many personal con
tributions were made and several
amount pre-
;7Pl;7-
in your power of historical facts
which come your way. Get from the
veterans their experiences in the
field and from the women who toiled
and suffered at home, a record before
it is too late. Search old scrap
books, these treasures lie buried in
many a dim attic, let it be your joy
to bring them forth thaL.the Histor
ian may add them to the work she
is compiling. Nothing entrusted me
Rev. Troy ^Jeatty will remain in
Athens as rector of Emmanuel church.
This positive
Mr. J. J. Wilkins, and about Three
Hundred other friends:
Gentlemen:
You will never know how deeply
touched I was by the Memorial bear
ing your names, and expressing the
hope, that I might remain in Athens.
iMy reason for nqt replying sooner
has (been that conditions beyond my
control have made it seem my duty
to sever ties that have become as
part of my very life—and I did not
wish to write until the matter had
been definitely settled.
" It Ef with a feeling , of profound
thankfulness that-Ihawa.reached the
B announcement will I
bring genuine pleasure to every mem
ber, official and lay, of his own church
and to hundreds of citizens generally,
members of other churches and of no
church.
Two weeks ago Mr. Beatty tendered
his resignation to the vestry of the
church. He had received a cordial
and urgent call frbm the church of
the Holy Communion at Charleston.
The oppQrtunity there seemed espe
cially full of promise t6f usefulness.
Porter Military Academy is situated
near -the church and- the church is
considered the offiejai place of wor
ship for 250 boys who attend it regu
larly. With a fine congregation and
this additional opportunity of reaching
the boys the call was ah .attractive
one for Mr. Beatty. His vestry and
chapters doubled the
viously pledged, it -\was decided to ]
leave the matter over until a later 1
gyjffing* to^gipp^nce tbg... amount ;
Mrs. Sibley moved that the -order ;
of the,dav.be suspended that.the re,
MRS. WALTER D. LAMAR,
President U. D. C. of Georgia.
and Gettysburg. We must know dot
only that no man was ever more hon--
qrable nor more dignified than Jef
ferson Davis in the four years of his
Presidency of the Confederacy, as
well as in the humiliations of ..defeat
and imprisonment.; . but - we thust
Delegates from the Julia Jackson,
the Dorothy Blount Lamar, the Win
nie Davis, and the Ann Byrd chap
ters of C. of C. gave excellent re
ports, yrhlph.V were enthusiastically'
received. ' The delegate from the
Winnie Ddvis (Savannah) was given
a- regular ovation: -EAch report .ac
cepted/ . • , \ .-* '• 7-.
Mrs. Wilson moved that a confer-
and-loVed :
And the
ren word
played no
?dient in the original Coi
the general government.’
Leading men of the North were al
so taught from this text, book, but
yielded -to- the BiM' • - -
potent influence of
[ William Lloyd’Garrison,, Arch/^holl-
tionist, who answered the claim that
r secession was sanctioned by>the Con
stitution, by burning copy
le terms to the Progressive party
its leader whom she described
1$ *7fld man. from Oystbr Bay,”
mil moose in the china shop of
Vr.”-«nd as’ one who will “forget
fair profanities to. the- wopnen who
le<} by the gleam of' woman , suf-
e. and likely to organize them Into
oman's Sappbtra auxiliary to the
then
■fore a’ muititude- and crying
‘/Down i with tb^Constitution
convenaht with death and am
ment with hell!” ‘IT- /• - jfc.
His was the doctrine that/jv
its champions, not only sold id
statesmen of-the North, but‘;
of such ability ak Lowell, En
Whittier, and that invaluable food for
the fires of sectional hate, “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin.” From such sources
come.
ence of C. of C. be held some time
a during each summer, this conference
^ nob ;to . interfere with the delegates
attending the U. Di C: conventions,
but for the purpose ’of arousing in
terest' and enthusiasm. Carried-V/v'
Mrs. Crawford moved that at the
next- annual state convention the
name ; Children of the Confederacy be
changed to the Grandchildren of the
Confederacy. Seconded by Miss Bax
ter. Rising voet called for. -. Motion
lost. . ’ , Y : '■
Mrs. Roursaville spoke of the val
ue of conferences, giving as an illus
tration the fact that it was at such
a gathering that Mrs. Erwin first sug
gested the Cross of Honor.
Mrs. Hull moved. that no one be
allowed to address the meeting for
over two minutes and that debate
on any subject be limited to--five
minutes. Seconded by Miss Sheib-
iey. Carried. 7.-- .i fi : '. vi ’■
State Editors Report.
J appreciate more than I can say
the invitation from our president to
he here today and report my work
for 1912. I am glad to be the guest
of such a city, a city noted tor Its
civic beauty and the culture- and hos-
i pitality of its people. /
When you. Madam President, were
; elected last fall you appointed me
• editor of our Department in the Con-
i stitution a position of great honor
- and one where great good can be ac-
I entered upon my du-
that you brethren, have ta'
matter of such deep cone
and mine has touched me
and .the paper will be pi
one of my most valued i
Promising not to get the
or take myself too s erioui
of your kind though tfuffii
being done. This will stimulate oth
ers 'and .'furnish your editor grist
for her mill. w ~ r
May all things good be yours. Un
der the able leadership of your gen
eral and the captains she has gather
ed around her 1 predict the most suc
cessful year In our history.
My resignation does not mean that
I have lost interest in the cause, and
I stand at all times ready to serve
your to the beet of my ability, for
the principles tor which our fathers
fought and our mothers suffered dur
ing the War Between the States,
are woven into the fibers of my being
and we will teach our children and
our children’s children that they
were hot traitors or parties to crime,
but in all onr teaching let no bitter
ness creep in.
I am glad , that the movement tor
universal peace should have .originat
ed with a woman, tor in all wars
women .suffer most and if we can
save the future mothers of men from
the pangs of like anguish It will be
a grand work indeed.
npiete_ address follows:
-s. Lamar’s Address,
s of'the Confederacy:
mrseives with pride of race
pon your hearts the emblems
nfederacy, blazon upon yonr
» trinity of virtues pictured
•eat seal' of Georgia, wldom,
nd moderation. Grasp lov-
hand of your President and
try to prove: in some way not entii
ly unworthy the confidence of n
friends—and begging your prayers
my behalf, that I may have grace ai
wisdom for the work committed
me, I am, , . < v •;<
Yours faithfully and fraternally,
TROY BEATTY,
find our way along the paths
story to the Delectable Moun-
of Unbiased Vision, prophesP
President Davis:."When time
have softened passion'and pre-
, when reason shall have strip-
he mask from misrepresenta-
hen justice, holding evenly her
. will require much of past cen-
;iml praise Jto change places,”
c. 1SSSJ How can we Dangh-
’ the -Confederacy aid In the
ihant entry of - "Troth, • the
South into agrogation of State sov
ereignty reached the day of reckon
ing, men of the South turned with
heavy hearts but determined minds to-
their own beloved States. -
The creed of. States’ Rights had
been practiced mid recognized accord
ing to one of the salient features of
the now much tattered Constitution
of our fathers, and had been taught
in the Military Academy at West
Poitikcfrom a book entitled “Rawles’
View of the Constitution.’*' in use
from 1825 to 18‘.0. From this source
were acquired the beliefs that promp
ted the choice of sides on the part
of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee,
sive control of any one piece of ]
erty tor selling purposes. This
■Last night the real estate agents
of Athens met and organized the Ath
ens Real Estate Exchange.
The purpose of the Real Estate Ex
change is two-fold.
First, it is to boost Athens real es
tate, and encourage trading in real
estate. The boosting and the .trading
will need be confined-to Athens. Men
of means in nearby communities will
be tokl of t lie value of Athens and real
estate as an investment. Foreign
money will be sought after. A con.
centrated effort by all the real es
tate agents will he made and skilful
and thorough advertising of Athens
avoid-confusion, and insui
active work; in place of <
languid attention from m:
The property so -secui
listed at the selling price
in the exchange office,
brought to the attention of
agent. - - \ :3F £
Then any agent wi 11 ha
to seli through the exchan;
of property lie listed. 1
Continued on Page Four
complished.
Today’s Program of the Convention
Of the Georgia Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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DAY,'NOVEMBER 1ST. 9:30 A. M. 4
J. C. Morris.
result.
This undoubtedly means an increase
in sales. It means a larger buying
public will be created. New money,
new people will be brought into Ath
ens, and the most valuable commodity
of the people of Athens will be in
creased in value. A readier, quicker
market for real estate will develop
This means dollars to every prop
erty holder in Athens.
The second purpose of the exchange
is co-operation. Agents will askYprop
er ty owners to give all agdnts exchi-
fice in the Union armies to accept a
minor position in the Army of the
South, it was with acute sorrow that
the time of separation had come, yet
with profound conviction of the justi
ce of the cause he espoused.
When asked, of Daughter of the
Confederacy, why the war between
.the States should not be called the
War of Rebellion, remember you are
ens will do more in th<
vertising Athens, and acti
ing values in Athens. It
mended and deserves th
all citizens.
The president of the
Estate Exchange is Mr.
lory; vic«j Resident, M.
and secretary w Mr. T). Q.
. campaign against er-
would lead must know
what they know. In
nust ta informed not
characteristics of onr
iot only must we know
