About The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1913)
WEATHER; Fair; Cooler T H E ATHENS BANNER COTTON: 12 Cents ESTABLISHED 1832. ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1913. ESTABLISHED 11 ATHENS WELCOMES THE BARACAS BARAGA8 JUJE ARRIVING First Delegation Was a^Bunch of Thirty- Five Last Night from J Augusta, Com ing Ahead of Time to Plan Cam- ^ paigntoGet 1914 Meeting. The advance guard of the Baraca hosts came in last night over the Georgia Railroad from Augusta, thir ty-five representative young men who came in to get ready for a sysumatio campaign to secure if possible the convention for 1914. Hard upon their heels came dele gations from the "Central City,” Ma- W. H. SPEER, Columbus. ‘First vice-president Georgia Baricas, and probably the next president. ton. coming over the Central of Geor gia railroad, to get in shape to pull the nett year's convention to Macou -the city that is working now for the 1914 national meeting of this great r-urday school order. Four Hundred Coming. From all the reports sent in to the local committees there will be fully .four hundred and more in attendance from first to last—several will not be able to get here till Saturday after noon and night for the great Sun day meetings. There are still needed some homes for the delegates— though the people responded so nobly yesterday fwhen they realized what the committee was really up against) that the situation was much better last night Reception Tonight. At the First Methodist church this evening there will be a reception for tho benefit and entertainment of the visitors primarily, but all Sunday school workers In the city are expect ed to ho on hand and help in the re ception of the hundreds of visitors who will be here. A magnificent pro gram of-music has been arranged and there will be light refreshments served. Miss Lena 1'ird and her com mittee have done beautifully in the preparation for this welcoming en tertainment. The business s- ssions will be held in the First llaptist church—the first to bo this morning at 10 o'clock. Tho following is the program. Friday. May 9th—10:00-12:30. Devotional services conducted by Dr. .1. W. Lynch and Mr. C. II. Butler. Solo—Mr. Butler. Welcome Addreses. In behalf of the city—Mayor H. J Rowe. In behalf of the churches—Rev. C C. Jarrell. In behalf of Athens Baraca-Phila thea Union—C. Lee Gowan, President. In behalf'of the schools—Chancellor David C. Barrow. Response—Mr. H T. McIntosh. Al bany. Reports. By Pr* Bident—Mr. J. A Jackson, Macon. By Treasurer -Mr. G. H. Baldowski Jr. Augusta. By Secretary—Mr J. J. West. A1 bany. Miscellaneous business. 3:00 P. M. Devotional Services—Conducted by Rev. H. U Hill and Mr. Chas. H. But ler. Solo—Mr. Butler Appointment of Committees. Address. "What to Read."—Mr. B. Caldwell. Atlanta. Report of Classes. Address—“How to Help the Class", Mr. Mamhall^A. Hudson, Syracuse. N. Y. Intermission (five minutes). Address "The Social Side of the Class"--Mr. T. C. Quarles. Augusta. 8:30 P. M. Entertninm-nt of Delegates l’.v Athens Baraca-Philathea Union At this entertainment Miss Dunlap will sing a solo: the Mell Brothers a quartette, and the orchestra of every Sunday school and church in which there is a Baraca or a Philathea class will unite to form a large orchestra for this evening. Officers. President. Mr J. A. Jackson, Ma. mm As Predicted in the Banner Yesterday Booth Case Is a “Dog-Fall” CLARKE SCHOOL CENSUS Just Two Less are the Figures This Year Compared With the Last School Enum eration Made Five Years Ago. Some Interesting Statistics. 1st Vice President. Mr W. 11 Speer Columbus. , 2nd Vice President Sir II. T. Me Intosh. Albany. V 3rd Vic- Preside nt. Miy Bryson Cran**, Aujnista. 4th Vio»* Pi-4*sid»*n t. Mr J 1. Ivoim. (’artersville. \ Treasurer. Mr. G. II. Ilaldo* sk\^ Jr , Augusta. \ Secretary, Mr .1. J. West. A1 bulge Local Secr«*tar>, Mr. E. 1 . f’ljlrk Athens. i Program Gonimiuee— Mr. wi p A mistrial was declared yesterday evening at seven o'clock in the case of the State vs. John Carl Booth, charged with wronging a young wo man of this city. The jury had been out for twenty-six hours. One of tho members of the jury. S. H. Williams, taken ill during the argument Wed nesday afternoon, was worse Wednes day night and was carried to his home, the attorneys in the case con senting for the remaining eleven jury men to decide the matter. They in telligently and honestly went over the evidence and were soon divided as to the facts in the case. They finally were reduced to a ten-to-one proposi tion—ten being for the conviction of Booth anil a charge of lesser magni tude—one which would have impli cated the young wortran. One Mr. Claud Tuck, held out for conviction of the indicted offense. It is said that several others were lor conviction of that ofTenst- hut believed that the inevitable sentence to the peniten tiary would have been too severe and were willing to yield in order to allow him to pay out in a heavy fine. The jury was composed of Messrs. T. P. Stanley, foreman. Harvey Sto vall. G. E. O'Farrell. R. II. Well. J. F Tibbetts. Claud Tuck, R. T. Goodw vn. ,, in n i v u.j „„„ of the census of the Bolling DuBose, Charles N. Hodgson, [ ^ t C. L. Foster. S. H. Williams, and Ed gar Levy. Tlie case was a bitterly fought legal battle and eonsumed Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday, and y« sterday. it will have to be tried over again— probably at the next term of court. Tin- attorneys for the defense stated last night, however, that th y felt that a clear, overwhelming de fense was made out anil was borne out in the expressions of jury. They feel sure that the case is practically ended: and are inclined to believe Unit the public generally was misin formed as to tie- real merits of thg ease believing it to be more flagrant than any evidence showed it to he. The state’s attorney and the other prosecuting attorney were firm in th** belief that another trial will result dif ferently; they stated that the case will he pushed vigorously. The solici tor general was positive in his ex press!.ms of determination to push tin- ease; he stated that before the court met there had been an effort to settle the matter for $1,000, and that he had rrfused to listen to any settlement except by a verdict of th ■ jury in a trial. CENSUS SCHOOL POPULATION CLARKE COUNTY, 1913. District W. M. W.F. Tot C.M. C.F. Total G. Total. Athens . 55 73 128 55 65 120 248 W. K. Taylor Bradberry's . . 31 38 69 77 71 148 217 J. R. Nunnallv Buekbranch 100 96 196 18') 205 385 581 A. B. Coile Kinney’s . . 62 59 121 101 90 191 312 Miss Lucy Bryant Princetou . . . 59 45 102 56 84 140 242 L. J. Hemrick Puryears . . . 22 20 42 125 125 250 292 W. R. Phillips Sandy Creek . 37 34 71 109 124 233 304 F. O. Williams White hall . . 79 91 170 49 46 95 265 W. R. Phillips 443 452 899 752 810 1562 2461 CENSUS SCHOOL POPULATION 1908. District W.M. W.F. Tot C.M. C.F. Total G. Total. Enu'tor. Athens . . 34 63 97 77 77 154 251 B. H. Greene Bradberry's 47 39 86 69 64 123 209 J. R. Nunnally Buekbranch . 94 96 190 169 199 368 558 H. E. England Kinney's 64 36 100 102 96 198 298 B. H. Greene Princeton . . . 44 64 108 65 56 121 229 L. J. Hemrick Puryer’s.. • 34 27 61 140 113 253 314 W. R. Tuck Sahdy Creek . 36 36 72 129 158 287 359 W. M. Crane Whitehall 63 80 143 ' 46 56 102 245 T. W. Flanigan 416 441 857 787 819 1606 2463 TECH COMES TODAY For One Time in History Red and Black Team Feels Absolutely Confident of Victory Over the Enemy, “Heis- man and His Crew.” e flna corporate wfere Clark. Chairman; Mr. R. C. Campbell Mr. (.’. Lee Gowan. I Chairman Reception Comnfittro— Mr. C. N". Weatherly. Chairman Entertainment Commit tee—Mr. A. S Rowland. Chairman Music Committee- Mr E P. Clark. Chairman Committee on lllomes — I Mr. M. M Stephenson. Athens Has State Secretary of , the j W. W. B. P. Union for ’13 Note.—At the heads of the colums above \V. M. signifies white male; \V F white female: C. M. colored male; and C. F.. colored female^ Census Just Completed. sterday morning the final figures ildren Clarke county outside limits of the city of I tabulated. | Wednesday afternoon the last I enumerator brought in his report to lhe county superintendent. Capt. T 11 Dozier. The consolidation reveals some in foresting facts: There are ust two less than there v.ere in 1908—five years ago when the last enumeration according te state law was made. There are forty-two more white rhilldren in tie* county outside the city, and forty-four les colored chil dren than there were in 1908. The enumeration is made for tin* purpose of ascertaining the number of children between the ages of six and eighteen that tin* sums appro printed for common school and public school education shall be apportion atelv distributed among the counties according to the number of chil dren. The per capital amount is sov era! dollars—and each name meant just that stun each year for five years MR. L. P. CANNING. The meeting here today of the Geor gia State Baraca Convention In an r.ual session recalls the fact that Ath ms has one of the officer.^ of tin world wide movement—Mr. \u. P. Can* ruig. who is “State Secretary of tho World-Wide Haraca-Philathea T’nion.” He is the state executive officer for the general organization and looks after matters in Georgia relative to the work of the Iiaraca and the Pliila- thcas. His work is perma/nent and for the general movement of both Paracas and Philatheas. j There is. of course, a plate secre tary of the convention; (there is a secretary called the “locaj state sec retary” who in the convention city does worl^ of convention iiature. Mr. Canning is not the convention secre tary nor the local socr^taify but is the permanent secretary for) Georgia of the general work of thtf two organ izations—the Baracas fr r the young men and the Philathea or the young women. 1 None will be more int ‘rested in the ME INITIATES Tlii' following are tho new seniof round table initiates at th- Univer sity of Georgia: Fred Jordan, Hoyt Welchel, John Wade. ('has. McDaniel. Ira ^Kjinken stein. Francis Moise, Russell Patter ton. E. E. Westbrook. Dirk Sftywab, Aaron Bepxf. McKainy. for I he county. The amount received by Clarke according to the census will probably be a little less than formerly—since most of the counties nre showing increases in the number of children and the per capita will go in increased amount to those* counties. Significant Facts. Of the 461 children of sclnjol age in Clarke county Athens there are only "three white children over ten years old who have never attended school. Hero art* interesting figures along this line: "Over 10 years of age who have never attended n public school Whites, 3; colored, 7. Over ten years of age who have never attended ativ school: Whites. 3; colored. 14 There are only nineteen white chil dren in the county over ten who can read hut cannot write and only thir ty-two who can neither read or write. These are tile figure's: Children ov-r ten who can road hut cannot write: White. 19: colored. 126. Over ten who cannot read or write: White 32: colored. 119. of tin- children in the county in school age limits there were 326 white children who attended school more than live months in 1912 and 337 colored children who went to school more time than the term of tiie public school in the rural schools in this county. This afternoon will see the begin ning of the end of the 1913 baseball season of the two greatest rivals Id the South—in every branch of col lege activities. Whenever Georgia and Tech meet the fur is sure to fly thick and fast and today or even to morrow will be no exceptions. For once In the annals of the two Institutions since they first met way back in the nineties the followers of the Red and Black feel confident that victory is already theirs. They real ize, however, that all advantages seem to go to naught when the Blacksmiths oppose the Georgia Bulldogs but tills season they have watched the devel opment of the Cunningham machine, they have seen every team in the ountry go down in Ignominious de feat at the hands of the Athenians and having confidence in the.r inen-o- war they are ready to stake their last sheckle on the chances of their favorites. Tech conies to Athens this morning hopeful and determined. The Hels- manites realize that they must fight for every point and they are up against the best outfit in the entire country. The effectiveness of pre mier pitchers has melted away like snow in a noon day sun when pitted arid Black demons oT~iiwat T an3 ri6' the visitors are hoping that these ter- tific onslaughts will be repulsed by the benders and slants of their rifle men. Eubanks and Pitts. If there has ever been a weak spot in a Georgia team it is the inability to hit a left hand pitcher. The aggregation this year lias faced hut few and how they will meet the delivery of Pitts rs the one unknown quantity of the coming series. Last year lie was hardly ef fective hut it was his first year in college hall and he has improved won derfully since then. Georgia has never faced Eubanks hut unless tie has a wonderful amount of steam and an assortment of curves he will fare hilt little better than the many right handers who have essay ed to stop the wild ravage of the Georgians this season. Taking tiie season game for game and then taking the two teams man for man the locals have the edge at every angle. They have won more games, have played a harder schedule, have made more hits and more runs that their rivals and there is hardly a man on the Red and Black line up that Cunningham would exchange for a player in the South—yet after all this Is said and no matter what the dope and facts may be there is one condition that carries doubt and un certainty even to the last game. It’s Tech and Georgia who are battling and there has not been a dope artist yet that could figure out wihat Is go ing to happen when these are the clrv cumstances. With two of her best pitchers ruled off the team last year the advantage seemed to veer to the Atlantians but what -happened? Geor gia startled even herself by taking three straights from her rivals and there is still no law against that same unexpected happening again—but, wo hardly think so and expect nothing other than to hear the Georgians pro claimed the undisputed champions of the S. I. A. A. before Saturday night. The games will start at four o'clock and the management requests that all holders of tickets or game passes en ter by the turnstile. All holders of season passes enter by the gate at the grandstand. The admission is 50 cents, stand ft ItVali decld Harmon, of Georgia, and Harry laud, of Tech, would umpire the se ries, all efforts to land one man that was suitable resulting In a failure. The two teams will line up as fol lows : CJJNCIIM NIGHT HAD MANY SI! MATTERS OF UNUSUAL IMPORT ANCE UP FOR ITS CONSIDERATION Vegetables— Fresh Hound Green Beans, tender and crisp, yellow crook neck squash, red beets, hell peppers, new Irish po tatoes, cucumbers.—At Williamson’s Pound Cakes— Gardner's pound rake, very fine, made In Norfolk. Two pound cakes 60c—At Williamson's. Cucumbers, bell peppers, beets, yel low squash, head lettuce, green cab hage.—Arnold & Abney. Homo Grown Asparagus. Onions. — Arnold & Abney. work of the convention than he, liow i ver, and he will get in clos- touch with his work from the meeting of many delegates from scores of Ba raca classes. Tlie regular monthly meeting of the mayor and council was held last night at which time a volume of business was transacted. Appeal Case. Col Charles Emory Smith, repre seating Jim Scott, .i negro, appeared before tlie council and withdrew his appeal. The negro hail been convict ed on a charge of disorderly conduct before Mayor protein Young and :• sentence of three months In the stock ade imposed. Col. Smith hoped to get tlie sentence reduced to a fine, hut after some discussion of tho case he decided to withdraw the appeal as made some days since. Petitions. Hon. II. C. Erwin, representing the Southern Refining Co., and the South era Cotton Oil Co., appeared before the council and asked for relief of tho specific tax on tips class of business, lie stated that if council did not see fit to relieve—then he asked for a reduction of the amount as fixed by council some time since. The specific tax ordinance was dis cussed freely by the council on last Monday evening and it was decided not to make any changes in the ordl nance. Georgia^ A petition signed by a large nun) her of the property owners on Prince aventfe asking that Prince avenue be the first street to lie paved from the proceuls of tin* recent bond election was read and referred to the street committee. A petition from a number of the property owners on Pulasik street asking that Belgian block be laid on that street was read and referred to tlie street committee. Vacations. Vacations were allowed for the po li< e. tinmen and water works cm ployes. The men to double up dur ing the vacation period in order that tlie city would not In* put to any ex tra expense. New Fireman. Mr. K. F. Lester was elected to the position of fireman to succeed J. I i Kyle, who resigned recently. Improvements. Chairman Palmer of the water works committee, recommended tho painting and repairing the building at the water plant. A main to con licet Childs street with Barber street was also recommended. This is done in order to relieve a condition unde sirable in that Bection of the city on account of tlie main on Childs street having a dead end. Joint Committee. Chairman Gordon, of tin* school committee, reported the Inspection of all school buildings in the city by the hoard of education committee and tin* chairman of the school committee at tile city council. A joint commit tee has been appointed from tin* coun cil and tlie board of education and a called meeting will h - held on Tues fay evening at half after eight o'clock at the city hall. Tlie committee from iin- council is as follows: II. II. Gor don. chairman: 11. F. Woods. C. T. Young, II R. Palmer. L. N. Betts, R. T. Wright. City Engineer Barnett and Mayor Rowe. The meeting will in* one of much importance and the matter of remod eling and enlarging many of tho school buildings during the spring and summer will lie discussed and acted upon. The hoard of education will re ceive one hundred thousand dollars from the sale of the bonds, recently authorized, and with this amount it is hoped flint adequate buildings can lie secured before the opening of tho schools in September. Capt. Barnett's Report. City Engineer Barnett made a most interesting report on the inspection of proposed pavements to he used In this city. Ho visited Ann Arbor, Mich., and made a thorough inspee tion of the pavements on the street in that city. He was pleased with tho class of work being done in that city and it is quite certain that many of the streets in this city will he paved with similar material as is used in that city. Somers Tax System. Alderman Gordon brought to the at- Ginn, If. McWhorter, of. Hutchens, c. Bowden, lb. Holden. 3b. Erwin, rf. Corley, p. Clements, ss. Wooten, cf. Moore. 3b. Montague, F., 2b. Pitts, rf. Aiuason, lb. At ridge, c Douoldson, ss Pound, If. Eubanks. tention of the council the Somers Tax System and advocated a reform in the tax system in this city. Ha thought that some system should be adopted whereby a more equitable assessment might he reached. It was his pur pose to have the committee investi gate the various tax systems of states and municipalities with the view o’ arriving at some system which would better conditions. Tho chamber of commerce has a eommttee actively at work investigat ing the tax systems of various sec tions of tho country and tonight at the mooing of the chamber of com merce. Dr. Curtis will deliver an ad dress on the subject. Alderman Gordon offered a motion for the appointment of a committee of three, to he appointed by the may- ivestlgate the tax question. The mayor appointed Messrs. Gordon, Woods and Young. The reports of officers were read ami the regular routine business was transacted after which council ad journed. Corns, Bunions and Callus remov I. I will demonstrate free at Bry ant’s Barber Shop today and tomor rom from 9 to 10. Eor engagement phone 12-5, Wayside Inn. Dr. J. L. Crocker, of Milledgeville. Indian River— Oranges and Grape Fruit, heavy and juicy, finest of the season. Get them while you can: season will soon be over.—Williamson. Green Beans—2 quarts for 25c. New Irish Potatoes—3 qts. for 25c Arnold & Abney.
