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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1913.
UTABUSHBH
And now come forward some of
the advocates of the autocratic so-
called commission form of govern
ment attacking the administration on
Its conduct of the city's bonded In
debtedness.
The article was, no doubt, written
by some one with a deranged, deliri
ous, or diseased mind, or else with
willful and malicious intent of mis
representing the true conditions of
the affairs of the city. Certainly no
citizen who is in the least acquainted
with the affairs of his home city
would lend himself to such charges
which are unfounded and supported
only by untrue statements which will
not stand the test of the records.
But the Banner will be charitable,
believing that the article was written
through ignorance and not from mal
ice. The administration has some good
friends supporting this so-called com
mission form of government bill and
they know that the statements as cir
culated are not. true, and if the article
bad been submitted to them they
would have seen that it was set right.
But now for the chrages: It is as
bold as the fierce harking behind the
fance. It is a four-flusher proposi
tion. but it is easily called and called
with facts.
Here is the Alarming Statement.
"The city has a large bonded in
debtedness; under the law a certain
amount of funds from each year's
revenue must be set apart as a sink
lng fund to retire bonds. The city
has neither retired the bonds it
should have retired nor has it a sink
ing fund on hand which the law im
peratively requires.”
Now would not this statement give
you the cold chills? Wasn't it a kill
er? And we suspect some of these
unacquainted citizens who know less
•bout the city than they do the Bible,
laughed at their enterprise in making
B f ’ llch a BC0 °P on tbe administration.
* J lived here all
community. They were up to July:
Capt. James White, Mr. Billups Phln-
izy, Mr. Simon Michael, Mr. J. N.
Webb and Mr. J. D. Moss. At the
July meeting the resignations of Mr.
Phinizy and Mr. Moss were accepted.
On the recommendation of the mem
bers of the bond commission, Messrs.
T. H. Nickerson and Myer Stern wero
elected by the mayor and council to
succeed these gentlemen.
The members of the bond commis
sion are charged under an act of tho
legislature to require the mayor and
council to pay a certain sum semi
annually into their hands for the re
tirement of the outstanding indebted
ners of the city.
Tho amount required of the mayor
and council is 9,307.25, semi-annually.
This amount has been paid for this
year, a total of $18,6 14.50.
Examine the bond commission rec
ords or ask any member of the bond
commission. Captain James White,
of the National Bank of Athens will
verify this statement.
Every dollar due for this year to
the bonded indebtedness of this city
for the retirement of the bonds in tho
future as they come due has been
paid.
The sinking fund now has a cerdil
of $29,101.23. Inquire at the National
Bank of Athens and see if there is not
In the hands of the bond commission
$15,000 in city bonds bearing 4 1-2
per cent and fourteen thousand dol
lars in city bonds bearing 4 1-2 per
cent and the balance in cash.
The first bond issue in this city
was authorized in 1873 and the
amount was for $25,000; these bonds
were issued for a term of twenty-five
years and bore a rate of eight pet
cent. They fell due July 1. 1898. Fif
teen thousand dollars of this amount
could not be met by the city and ar
rangements were made with Capt,
James White to carry this amount at
a rate of 5 per cent.
Y. W. C. A.
ATHLETIC BUILDING OF THE
Y. W. C. A. DEDICATED
SUNDAY
WAS IMPRESSIVE
DAY WAS IDEAL AND EXERCISES
WERE FULL OF INTEREST TO
THE AUDIENCE.
MINISTERS TOOK PART
ilous statement to have been made
If it had been brought to their atten
tion. But it only illustrates the
drowning man act—grabbing at every
straw.
From the Records.
Keep the records straighL Examine
for yourself and compare with the
statements to be made by the Ban
ner. Here are some of them;
The bond commission is composed
of some of best known citizens of tho
Besides this the city has paid each
year out of the general fund $21,000
In interest coupons on the outstanding
bonded indebtedness.
A Word to The Tax-payers and
Vote re.
Do not be mislead by articles, writ
ten by commissioners in other cities,
of the ideal form of government cities
are enjoying under the so-called com
mission form of government. If you
investigate you will find that the so-
called form for this city is nothing
short of a political vehicle framed for
political purposes and with safe
guards thrown around every featuro
so as to deprive the people a voice
In the affairs of their government.
Read the frame-up on the recall pro-1 H °pes High Now for Early Beginning
position. It is a prohibitive clause | on the Other Building to Be
and is slipped in to mislead and
catch the unsuspecting public on the
plea that a commissioner can be re
called if proved underisable. I The afternoon sunshine made rad
The city is owned by the people ian t the beautiful auditorium in which
and every tax payer is a stockholder, gathered a representative number of
Your present form of government has Athenians last Sunday afternoon,
stood the test of time and the new so* I when tbe first formal services were
called commission form of govern- held in the Young Women’s Christ
ment will prove a most excellent ave-1 Association building.
nu e for the disgruntled, defeated and One is impressed on entering the
would-be office-holders to ride into I room with the lighting feature, the
office at fat salaries at the expense I windows so placed and proportional
of the tax-payers. as ito being indoors so much of he
■'Who is Bill’s Daddy, anyhow,” I out-of-doors, matter for cheer and
and. "who will be the candidates for health and most suggest the flooding
Built
the new offices?”
"THE FATAL WEDDING”
of the lives with the light fern, the
I sons of righteousness.
Mrs. Audley Mortem, Miss Dunlap
I and Mrs. Roth added interest to the
| program by their singing and Mrs
F. A. Lipscomb presided with her
Ina-Lehr Company Opens Second Week | quiet grace ot nlanner .
at Majestic With a Society Com
edy Drama That is Good.
Miss Lehr and her company promise
Dr. J. W. Lynch, of the First Bap
list church, led the responsive read
lng. Mr. Jarrell, of the First Metho
dist church, offered the dedicatory
prayer, an earnest plea that this ba
TONSORIALIZED FRESHIES
Sophs, Aided and Abetted by Upper Class-
men, Visited Rooms of Red-Tops
Last Night and Adminis
tered Dose of Shears.
The class spirit flared up good and
strong last night. Elvdence: A hun
dred and more or less artistically cut,
cropped, trimmed, hacked, nicked,
notched, skinned, ragged heads of
hair under as many flaming scarlet-
red caps this morning.
War was declared in the good old
fashioned way last night between the
two under classes. In the poolroom
a bunch of freshies was herded and
captured and—shorn. There were
several styles adopted: Some had
tho forelocks niped. some had one
side cropped close; some were bob
bed and some were shingled—a few
were “nick-locked.”
After that it was systematic. Tho
door of the dormitory was forced and
boys dragged from their absorbing
studies and many from their beds, to
be “hair-cut.” Two freshies came
down-town in an automobile—bold
and reckless—for there had been not
one to be seen on the streets and
sidewalks during the evening. The
Sophs captured the auto and forced
the freshies to make the round of
the chapter houses and other dwelling
places and domiciles of the freshies.
From their warm, warm cots they
were taken and at their tasks they
were captured.
Some resisted—in vain. Some ac
quiesced—to get even later in some
more delicately tormenting style. But
there were a hundred and more who
had a. hair cut without money and
without price and it will be a picnic
for the real barbers getting those top
pieces straightened out and smoothed
down in the next few days.
142 STATE WARRANTS
City Police Have Arrested That Many De
fendants on State Warrants from
Sixteen Counties.
. » devoted the year 1912, nine thousand dol
talent and mone/ to-
•wards the upbuilding of this city
■would not have allowed Buch a ridlc-
larS of these bonds were retired and
In the year 1913 six thousand dollars
—the whole amount left unpaid was
retired and the records will show
this. Take a look at It. It looks good
to the tax payers tinder the present
system of government.
Besides this, the city has retired
each year five thousand dollars of
bonds from Its general fund. One
thousand sewer, issue of July 1, 1900;
$1,000, issue of 1892. water; $3,000
street Improvement, Issue of 1899.
Examine the records and see if these
bonds have not been met promptly.
to become as popular or even more L many a spirltuaI fl^de and that
so than .the Lawrence Company, which L u withla the lnflue nce of the work
was here tor an indefinite run during L lndeed _ buildings fltted tor the ln
the summer. The play last night was dwelling Christ,
well received by excellent houses at ^ dedication, the
th shows, and justly so, for they I pres ident gave her message, the bur-
are far above the average stock com- den of wbich wa8 that above and b&
pany. New scenic effects are be'ng >ond the other alms . thla work by
built for the coming plays they will I omen for woraen ls ln lts great pur .
present and everything ls being done I ^ the means of brl nging them into
t" make, them prime favorites. The K. ooaUict with tbe living christ _
bill for tonight and matinee will he tbereby developing truly happy girl-
With the arrest of the four men,
charged with being accessories Jo the
killing of Horace Denton Friday night
and two others yesterday, the police
department of 'this city rolled up the
142d arrest of parties this year who
were wanted on State warrants
sworn out by -th© officers of this
county or other counties.
The officers receive for every ar
rest of this sort, when the “costs”
are settled, the sum of $2. The amount
Is given to the arresting officer and
acts as a stimulus to keep him sharp-
eyed for the wanted man. guilty of
heavier crimes ithan the infractions
of city ordinances.
The latest arrests of this sort made
1 hood eager to enter into the fullness
the same as last evening. Wednes
day and Thursday “Wedded and| of tbe - qlfe abounding ...
Parted” will be presented. Matinees
daily at 4:30.
Mr. Jim Dozier is spending a few
days at Nacoochee Valley.
IF “COMMISSION FORM” WORKS WONDERS,
WHAT WONDERS IS IT GOING TO WORK HERE?
When a people change their system
ot government, it is done for some
good reason. That goes without say
ing.
As long as a people are satisfied
that their system of government is
administering the public affairs ia a
satisfactory manner there Is no
change effected, even though some
malcontents here and there may crit
icize.
If a commission form of govern
ment is advocated honestly, the ad
vocates must proceed on the Idea tha t
under the old system the government
is unsatisfactory. Otherwise they
would be proceeding on nothing but
political reasons.
There can be no gainsaying of the
above statements. They represent
facts that are well-known to all who
care to deal honestly with a proposl
tion.
Therefore, here in Athens, the agl
tation of the commission form of gov
ernment arises from a dissatisfaction
with the past administration of gov
ernment or from political schemes
and ambitions.
It has been publicly announced that
the advocates of commission form of
government for Athens are not fight
ing the administration. Then judge
for yourselves why they are fighting.
It is clearly up to the advocates of
roramissicn form of government to
show that under the proposed law the
affairs of the city would be better
administered than under the present
system. The voters of Athens will
not allow this issue to he obscured.
When the advocates of the commis
sion form of government tell them
that the city's affairs will be more
economically adrainlnstered, they will
ask for some specific statements as
to how that is to be done.
It ls no answer to say that such
and such a city has had experience
and that the city affairs were more
economically administered under the
commission form. That means noth
ing. Every case stands on its own
merits. That city may have had n
corrupt, expensive, extravagant set of
officials, and the commission form of
government may have succeeded ln
comparison. So might success have
been achieved under the old form by
a change of officials.
Each case stands on its merits.
The question just now touches the ad
ministration of the affairs of Athens,
Georgia. It is proposed to add to tho
budget of administration expenses
$4700 to start with. Now, let the ad
vocates of commission government
show first how that sum is to be
saved by their methods. Then it will
be up to them to show how any fur
ther saving is to be effected.
The present city administration and
its predecessors as well stand under
review. If there is anything wrong
about them, trot it out, gentlemen of
the commission side. The people of
Athens, who are to vote on the ques
tion have a right to know If their op
ponents have been guilty of neglect
or mismanagement. Quit dealing In
glittering generalities as to how this
Jorm of government worked ln some
city a thousand miles away and take
up the issue right here at home.
Judge Andrew Cobb, the legal ad
viser and friend of the association,
said that he was glad of his connection
with the work and while he would, if
It were possible, prevent women from
being under the necessity of becoming
wage-earners, yet there had resulted
from their presence in offices, elevat
ing of the plans of life in them.
The dignified pride caused a ripple
of amusement to pass through the
audience when he caught himself,
best, in his tribute to woman's ability
in the business world, he be under
by the officers of the police force are:
P. F. Gowan, yesterday, a white man,
wanted on a warrant sworn out in
Morgan county, charging him with
larceny; Will Johnson and Maria
Brown, colored, wanted in Ogle-
thorpre; Claude and Lucille Cooper,
colored, wanted for larceny in Jack-
son; and Lawson Moon, wanted in
Madison county on a serious charge.
The counties served in this way
and the number of arrests of parties
wanted in each is here given: Clarke,
C5; Oglethorpe, 17; Jackson, 17; Hall,
I; Fulton, 2; Douglass, 1; Greene, 3;
Elbert, 7; Hart, 1; Oconee, 8; Madi
son, 5; Talliferro, 1;. Wilkes, 1
Gwinnett, 3; Albany, Ga., 1; Franklin,
l. and various others, 4. Total, 142
SUIT ON BOND OF
CASHIER M’CRARY
COL. T. S. MELL IS APPOINTED
AUDITOR BEFORE WHOM TO
TRY THE CASE.
Tell the people whether you are go I stood as advocating any radical mess
ing to reduce the number of police-lures proposed by them,
men, firemen, teachers, waterworks Mr. Fred Hodgson brought tho
employees, street sweepers, etc. felicitatious from the brotherhood^ ol
Tell the people whether you are go U m. C. A. and emphasized the fact
ing to cut the wages of these people. I that the two organizations should
Tell the people whether you are go- work together. The part of the young
ing to reduce the amount of street women being the elevation of Ideals
improveme-nL I among the men.
Tell the people whether you are go- Mr E L Hill, of the First Presid
ing to cut th e number of electric jterian church, expressed his pleasure
In representing the churches in their
Show the people whether you can I recognition of the association as a
make purchases of better material at valuable aid ln their work . Mr H ill
lower figures than under the present Indulged in a few words reminiscent
system.
nf the early days of the association
You say the commission form of L. h * re> under th<! i r lea dership of that
government will work wonders. Be gentle and nmch . loved WO man, Mr . A .
specific and tell the people of Ath
ens not how it worked somewhere
else, but how you propose to make it
work here.
All this can be done very easily
if there is anything to what you are
saying. The city administration is
open to review. There is nothing
hidden from the public, it courts in
vestigation wherever a citizen is dis
satisfied.
If you have any criticism against
the administration.' out with it
Hull, the quarters were in one
' joni over a store on Clayton street.
This bit of recalling to mind and
the vivid memory of the going forth
cf Mrs. H. C. White from the midst
of her labor in securing this building,
brought to mind the words of Paul—
Other foundation can no man lay
than that is laid which is Jesus
Christ.
“if any man’s work abide which he
ln I hath built thereupon, he shall receive
Toward.
“Know ye not that ye are the itemple
of God and that the spirit of God
Yesterday morning Col. Thomas S.
Mell was appointed by Judge C. H.
Brand of the superior court as audi
tor to hear the case of the receivers
of the late Athens Trust and Banking
Company against the bond,.company
which had the cashier, R. H. Mc
Crary secured.
The suit was on the bond of $20,
000 made by Mr. McCrary for the
faithful discharge of his duties
cashier of the bank. The bond was
made with the Interstate Casualty
Company, of Birmingham. Ala. When
McCrary was placed on trial for em
bezzlement and for other misconduct
with relation to the bank, the
amounts he was short were not made
good. The receivers for the hank,
represented by Green & Michael and
H. C. Tuck, attorneys, brought suit
against the bonding company.
The company is represented by J
Strickland, who entered a demur
rer to the proceedings of the receiv
ers. The judge over-ruled the demur
rer and referred the matter to an
auditor—T. S. Mell, Esq., who will
go into the matter and before whom
the case wil he tried as before any
other tribunal.
So far in the proceedings Mr. Mc
Crary has no legal representative,
FOUR ARRESTS IN
DENTON KILLING
BAPTISTS
SAREPTA ASSOCIATION TO
TO MEET THIS AF
TERNOON.
AT WINTERVILLE
REV. JOHN D. MELL, D. D„ OF
ATHENS, IS MODERATOR OF
THE ASSOCIATION.
ALL THE ATHENS CHURCHES
Will Be Represented by Both Cleri
cal and Lay Delegates to Two
Days’ Meeting.
THE PRINCIPAL NOT APPREHEND
ED AS YET—QUARTETTE OF
ACCOMPLICES IS HELR.
plain language and then show the
people just how you propose to bet
ter conditions.
If you can show the people where | dwelletih in you?”
you can help them and earn the ex
tra $4700 per annum you propose to I Miss Susie Kroner, of Winterville,
saddle on them for the celebrated I :s spending the winter with the
commission patent, you will be en-| Misses McKie on Cloverhurst avenue,
titled to a vote of confidence. Other
wise the people will know there is I Miss Annie Carlton leaves Wednes-
nothing behind your movement but day for New York, where she will
polities. I spend the winter.
Malcolm Smith, Jim Pritchard, Rob
ert Bullock and Earnest Woamack,
four young white men, are in the
county prison, arrested by the police
officers of the city, on warrants sworn
out as a result of ithe coroner’s in
quest which inquired into the causes
ol the death of Horace Denton, the
young man stabbed to death, at the
home of Comer Bullock, on Chase
street, last Friday night.
The alleged principal in the affair—
J tv. Scoggin—has not been located.
The four men ln the county jail
either do not know or refuse to tell
where he is, where he left for, or
how he got away. The officers 'be
lieve that they not only knew of hi:
intention to kill, hut that they aided
and abetted the slayer after he had
done the work. The will be held with
out bond till the grand jury meets
or till Scoggins is caught and con
victed.
(Special to the Banner.)
Winterville, Ga., Sept. 22.—The £a-
repta Baptist Association will ocn-
ene at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning—
tomorrow—for a two days’ session, at
the Baptist church in this place. Rev.
John D. Mell, D. D., of Athens (who
is also president of the Georgia Bap
tist Convention), presiding. Rev
Messrs. J. W. Lynch, W. M. Saye, L.
T. Weldon, R. E. Neighbor, John Bo-
mar and J. P- Cooper of Athens’
churches will be on hand and many
delegates from the several churches
besides will he here—some taking
very prominent part on the program.
The following is the regular order
of exercises for the two days:
Order of Business for 1913 Session.
1— Call to order at 9 a. m. by former
moderator or clerk.
2— Devotional exercises, 30 minutes
—E. P. Clark.
3— Call roll of messengers.
4— Elect moderator, clerk and treas
urer, appoint finance committee.
5— Adopt report on order of business*
fix time of meeting and adjourn
ment
6— Applications for membership.
7— Appoint ccnmnltteea.o^preachln*
and nominations.
8— Introductory sermon, 11 a. m.—C
T. Burwell.
9— Call for correspondents and vlsl
tors and appoint correspondents
to sister associations.
U—Report of standing committee—1
Missions; 2. Temperance; 3
Christian liberality; 4. Orphans'
Home; 5. Executice and co-opera
tive; 6. Sabbath, observance; 7
Ministerial education.
-Miscellaneous business. Recess.
Wednesday, 9 a. m.—Devotional Ex
ercises, 30 Minutes.
12—Resume report of standing oom
mittees—8. Periodicals; 9. Wo
man’s woTk; 10. Sunday schools’.
11. Denominational sohools and
education: 12. Finanoe.
-New topic—Ijaymen’s Movement.
14— Mission sermon—W. H. Rich.
:30 p. m.—Song and Prayer Service,
30 Minutes.
15— Fix itlme and place next meet
ing; arrange general meetings.
16— Hear report committee on nomi
nations.
■Reports of committees—1. Stats
of religion; 2. Deceased ministers
and members; 3. Treasurer’s re
port
18— Arrange for printing minutes and
paying clerk.
19— Miscellaneous business and ap
point standing committees.
20— Adjournment.
11-
13.-
JOHN NEELEY MEETS
FATE AFTER A TIM*.
Yesterday morning in the mayor’s
court, John Neeley, colored, after an
absence from the city of three weeks,
answered to the charge of cutting and
slashing his sister. He said that the
wounds were inflicted when she tried
to take a knife away from him while
he was -drunk. She told a different
tale and the man was given a sen
tence of $10 or 15 days. A case was
ordered for being drunk—the first was
for disorderly conduct—and a fine of
ASSISTANT STAT GEOLO
GIST HERE ON A VISIT.
Mr. S. L. Galpin, Ph.D., of the State
Department, Spends Week in This
City.
Mr. S. L. Galpin, Ph.D., assistant
State geologist, was here this week—
has been here for several days, in
deed, working out of Athens in sev
eral directions on special data for the
new geological survey of th e State.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Galpin
on several of his trips.
ATHENS' SEWANEE REP
RESENTATIVE RETURNS.
Mr. Troy Beatty. Jr., the represent
ative of Athens at the University of
the South, has returned to Sewanee
after a delightful vacation at his home
here with his parents and friends. He
is do(ng fine work in that great in.
stitution and ably holding up- the rep-
$5 or 10 days was levied in that case, utation of the Classic City of Georgia
NEW MEMBERS OF
COLLINS’ FORCE
TWO POPULAR LADIES JOIN THE
SALES FORCE AT LADIES*
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
Mrs. Berta Broach, formerly Miss
Berta Fleeman. has accepted a place
with the W. T. Collins Company-
ladies’ ready-to-wear and tailoring es
tablishment. She is well known to
the Athens ladies and to people whom
all the territory tributary t0 this city.
Her friends will be glad to meet 'bet
at Collins’.
Another addition to the force at this
popular place is Mrs. Pearl Croft,
from Charleston—one of the most skil
ful, experiences and tasteful ladies in
this line of business.
The stare of Collins has gained two
very valuable people in these acquisi-
i lions.