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THE ATHENS BANNER
FEWER NEGROES THIS YEAR THAN
LAST HAVE PAIO TAXES--AND
THUS QUALIFIED FOR VOTING
A HUNDRED MORE LAST
YEAR THAN THIS
HAD AVOIDED
TAX EXECU
TIONS.
THE DEDICATION
OF MARBLE TABLET TO MARK
THE GRAVE OF ALEXANDER
H. STEPHENS.
ANTI-COMMISSION 'PEOPLE
HAVE NOT SOLICITED
NEGRO VOTES.
It is anno;:
id that :u> i
MONDAY SUPERIOH COURT
WILL TAKE UP JAIL
CASES LOR TRIAL
grand jury and county offi
cers, JUDGE AND SOLICI
TORS, POSED.
LAST IN OLD HOUSE
:iml I t*ir hi
-IKS
noon at one ii'iluri, :<>: vorirg in the
election Saturday.
This was the result - t a check of
said voters made t y a Herald rc|>ortet
lor that paper.
The statement is further made that
We negroes are qualifying in large
numbers and still a day and a Half
left.
Well so far' ts tha opponents o!
commission government are concern
ed they have not sought the negro
vote, they will not seek it. they mil
whip this fight by a bigger ircjority
in the white vote hbnn the entire ne
gro vote now qualified. If It shcul]
all be polled.
The Herald states that the negro
vote will probably be the balance ol
power in this election. There need b»
no worry on that subjecL That senti
roent in the wthite vote is so strong
against tile proposed commission bill
that that measure will be buried by
a good-sized majority, even if every
qualified negro vote in Athens should
be east for it.
The opponents of commission gov
ernment are not concerning them
selves with the negro vote. They
nave not done so in the past, they
are not doing so now and will not do
so in the future. This is a white man’s
city and it will continue to be. The
negro will be treated fairly in the
tuture as he has been in the past,
but he wjll not run our politics.
The opponents of commission go>-
eminent did not inject the negro into
the fight. The advocates of commis
sion government could have provided
for the submission of the questio -
to a white primary had they so de
sired. That would have suited the
opponents of commission govern men'
to the queen's taste, for the over
whelming majority of the wihite vote
is opposed to the proposed con) mis
sion government.
it t such was not done. The oily
law under which this election can lie
held is the law drawn up by the com
mission advocates and passed by the
legislature, submitting (Ms question
to the qualified voters.
Under that law, tine negro who is
a qualified voter can vote. It is up
to him whether or not he exercises
his practice. But the question of (he
negro vote does not engage the at
tention of the opponents of commis
sion government. The story of the
election will be tfne same whether he
votes or not.
But just as a matter of information
to those who pretend to see a just
phanton in the shape of negro domi
nation and to see such an increased
Interest on the parr of the negroes in
qualifying last year, it might be some
what Illuminating to state that one
year ago, when (..ere was no election
on at all. when the negro had :10th
ing whatever to attract him to poli
tics, more than three hundred had
paid their taxes at this time of the
y« r - That is one hundred more than
are qualified now.
Does that look like someone were
stirring up the negro now? Tthen who
was stirring him up more mightily a
year ago?
*B.ore are more than twelve hun
dred negroes in Athens who are liable
for taxes, if they don't pay their
taxvs they are met with tax execu
tions just us in tthe case of white men
who fail to pay their taxes. Is it
anything strange that two (hundred
negroes should pay their taxes in ct-
dir to obey the law and save them
selves from having to pay costs and
execflons? The only notable tlhing
Is that last year, with no election and
Military Companies Will Go From
Atlanta and Many to Go From
Athens.
(Speci
Atlanta, (
train will i
Railroad, lea
after the reg 1
carry the Old Hi
pany of the G.r
Party of distinguished A11:
t'rawfordvilie to dedicat-- tl
ig AH
MURDER TRIALS
MALCOLM S.VuTH AND NEGRO
3USH ARE TO r TRIED ON
KILLING C t i \RCE.
MORE CASES WEDNESDAY
Grand Jury Adjourned Yesterday
Next Monday Morning for Busy
Session.
tablet that will mark t'ke grave ol
the late Alexander H. Stephens, vice
pi sident of the Ccnf.-deraoi. A mini-
her of Atlanta ladies win he in tile
party. A drum and bugle io t -ue will
accompany t'-he military.
<’ol. J. E. Burke, in command o: the
Old Guard, has completed the details
of the program of exereis.^s. The
Party will arrive in Crawfo: dville at
11 o'clock, and will parade li rough
the streets escorted hi- the ladl- of
the Daughters of the Confederacy in
automobiles. An elalmrate luncheon
The sup. rior court will take up iHo
heavy criminal docket Monday nexr-
the jail cases to be tried first so as
to relieve the jail of its inmates anu
the county of the expense of keeping
them—and in jrstice to the defend
ants, who. if innocent, should be given
tv-eir liberty again as soon as possible.
Tl- e grand jury adjourned yesterday
afternoon to next Monday—having had
a busy four-days session altogether.
Many true bills and comparatively
few no-bills h ive be n returned—most
of the bills being, however, against
parties not yet in jail or arrested or
on bond.
Besides the bills found which have
been mentioned in the Banner and
those in which. the arrests have not
been made; there have been several
misdemeanor cases. Two parties.
Next Court Will Likely Be Convened
in the New County Court
House.
Yesterday before the grand jury
adjourned it was recalled that prob
ably no other court will bo held—reg-
n 1-i r ti*rm of superior court—in the
M ]il building, but that th? next year's
will !)*' held in the new, ma^-
n fioem building downtown: The sug
gestion was made for a photo and the
grand jury, judge, solicitor, court, all
county oflicers now in office posed for
a picture in front of the old building.
COLLEGE MEN OF STATE ARE
TO GATHER IN ATHENS
SOON.
T. M. U MEET
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
THE YOUNG MEN Or THE
STATE HERE.
FLOWER SHOW HAS
SUCCESSFUL CLOSE
LADIES OF THE GARDEN CLUB
DESERVE THE APPRECIATION
OF THE CITY.
will be served to the Atlanta partv. Charles Martin win u .
and at about 2 o'clock the exerois^ have'^'i^t^lo^ed ^
r “'I BraVP ' T: ' y Ri!l ‘'-rating blind tigers near YVmterville
of a distinctly military nature. After Some other indictments, it is under’
the opening prayer the tablet will be ! stood, will be made in regard to tZ
maT h ’ S K° rt speeches wUI be I se,Iln g of beer or near-beer that may
made by a number of distinguished (create stmsaTfon. '* ' -
members of the Old Guard, most of
whom were personally acquainted with
Stephens. Justice Josephs H.
L pipkin w ill he out of t city and
consequently be unabl-* to speak.
His place on the program will he
taken by Col. F. J. Faxon.
After the speaking the Gate City
’Hard will fire three voleys over the
grave, while the Old Guard will stand
it present arms. Immediately after
he firing the bugle will sound taps.
KILLARNEY GIRLS
TONIGHT THE FIRST ATTRACTION
OF THE Y. W. C. A. LYCEUM
COURSE.
A OELIGHTFUL PROGRAM
Irish Melodies, Irish Songs, Irish
Legends and Fine Ensemble
Numbers.
At the Y r . W. C. A. Athletic building
this evening at 8 o'clock, the Killarne,
Girls will appear in the first program
of. a series of five entertainments 10
he given at montfr.ly intervals by the
association. The Irish Girls sextette
is a splendid company in itself and
added there is Miss Rich, whose work
is par excellence in entertaining—ar-
lictic work and popular entertaining
combined. The program is one sfl e
most attractive that can he presented
•so says an old experienced lyeenm
and Chautauqua man of this city.
Vegetables.
Fresh Corn, Snap Beans, p.utier
Beans, Okra, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Let
tuce. Celery. Turnips. Salad, Sweet
and Irish Potatoes; fresh Mackerel
Split Peas. Fears Grocery Co. Phone
1071.
the negroes seemed to have a little
more money with which to pay their
taxes than they appear to have t-:is
year.
All trie ammunition fired by the
commission advocates in this cam
paign has been c.f scch inferior quai
nt and suits little force that no more
inmage has been done than would be
-fleeted by shooting paper wads
against a stone wall.
This negro boogaboo is the last car
tridge of the commission advocates
and it Cns failed to explode.
It was used for the purpose of
stiring up race prejudice. It has
tailed of its purpose. The people
simply laugh at surh tactics. The poor
old commission ostrich cannot even
; his head. w
Murder Cases Ahead.
The judge yesterday morning drew
tf..le names of sixty jurors from the
box to sefive next week. The number
is large, because there are several
murder and other felony cases , 0
come up.
The negro Bush, who stabbed an
other negro to death with a carving
knife in the convict camp soma
months ago will be tried Monday for
murder. Malcolm Smith, a white
man, will also he placed on trial for
murder—being charged jointly with
Jack Scoggins with the murder of
Horace Denton—Scoggins being still
□ t large. Felony cases against Allen
ali :n Hightower, a negro, are also set
for Monday—charging forging the
name of Mr. Cutler to checks on the
Anderson bank.
TUe eases against J. C. Moore, or
-I. 'A. Lindsey, the insurance man
charged with larceny after trust dele
gated, are set for YV’ednesday of next
week.
Moss Case Directed.
The Moss case consumed most of
yesterday and a part of the day be
fore-had a directed verdict yester
day. The cases against the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Co. had the
same result. Today the calendar as
announced for the week will be tak
en up as nearly as possible in the or
der of the cases—and the first thing
will be (he case of Anderson & Davi
son vs. Lyndon.
Following are the men who will
serve on the trial juries next week:
Th e Traverse Jurors.
Traverse Jurors drawn for the sec
ond week October term. October 20th
1912:
W. Roy Finch.
Ben T. Epps.
Ira E. Bevers.
Geo. S. Crane.
Steve W. Griffeth.
A. P. Winston.
Fred J. Orr.
John M. Fowler.
Thos. B. Fleming.
Alfred L. King.
Peter H. Culp
Leon C. Smith.
H. S. Patat.
Dolph W. Huff.
John M. Crawford.
YV. A. Connell.
Claude H. Cox.
Joel J. Fowler.
F. S. Patat.
Ed. M. White.
Fred L. Johnson.
Ed. H. Rhodes.
-T. H. Epting.
F. M. Poss.
Wm. E. Epps.
J. C. Jester.
The 1913 flower and vegetable
show of the Ladies' Garden Club of
Athens came to a most successful
conclusion yesterday afternoon. The
exhibits were altogether the best in
every respect ever displayed; the
flower exhibits were excellent; and
the arrangement, the actual display
ing of the exhibits, the interest in
the show—all were as good as could
have been expected.
The work of the club is not confin
ed to the membership by any means
and every show widens and deepens
the interest for good in flower and
vegetable culture in this city and sec
tion.
SEVENTY-FIVE TO COME
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REAL VAUDEVILLE AT THE MA
JESTIC THIS WEEK—AND
WORTH THE MONEY.
Manager Stone has brought to the
Majestic for the remainder of the
week one of the very best hills that
has ever been seen in Athens outside
of a regular road show. Three good
headliners are furnished by the duet
chair acrobats, the McLinns, whose
acts are out of the ordinary and high
ly interesting. Miss Pauline is a
talented violinist and though she was
handicapped last night by not being
able to have rehearsal, the troup only
arriving on the 6:18 train, she was
accorded a number of encores.
The heart winning couple, Lowe
and Sterling, were better than ever
last night and are winning more ad
mirers every day. This one number
alone is worth more than the price of
admission.
♦ Gut this out and bring it to 4
♦ the Crystal Theater. This cou- -f
♦ pon with two 5c admissions will ♦
4- admit any child under 15 years 4
4 old. +
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Sealshipt Oysters 50c Quart
Fresh today. Arnold & Abney.
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W. A. Fowler.
H. J. Langston.
H. B. Davis.
Thos. L. Mitchell.
Geo. T. Phillips.
Gas. J. Hadaway.
Earl Fambro.
YVm. H. Shelton.
J. E. Cook.
F. O. Williams.
Lee Morris.
William E. Furcron.
Charles Drew Cox.
Ross Creekmore.
C. L. McLeroy.
I. N. Butler.
Upson Harper.
George W. Burney.
Geo. B. Davis.
D. J. Evans.
S. L. Autrey.
A. M. Center.
R. W. Woods.
James M. Rogers.
W- R. Canning.
H. J. Rowe.
John W. McElhannon.
E. Guy Comer.
C. N. Hodgson.
YValter H. Jones.
J. C. Haynes.
W. H. Phillips.
YV. F. Black.
Rudolph Brandt.
Emory and Mercer, Tech and Other
Colleges and Schools to
Be Here.
One of the most important meet
ings of the year will be that one of
the college Y\ M. C. A. men who will
cofne for a conference of five days
from tine twenty-second to,the twenty
sixth, inclusive, to meet in Athens
There will be from fifty to seventy-
five young men and they will be en
tertained by the Athens people in the
usual Athens way—with a trifle more
ease perhaps than ever because the
delegates will all be college men
Emory College, Mercer University,
Tech, Y'oung Harris College. t)he Uni
versity of Georgia, the State Normal
chool, Fieumout, Georgia Military
College, the Georgia Military Acad
emy, the Riverside Academy, Stone
Mountain iSthool, Locust Grove, the
district high schools—all will be rep
resented.
There are V. M. C. A. organizations
at most of these schools and they will
all be represented
The bulletin about the meet as sent
out by the general secretary <>t the
>re is as follows:
"For Bast in College Life.
The Cali.
Each summer a number of men
from colleges of Georgia attend the
ten days’ conference of the Young
-Men's Christian Asociation near Ashe
ville, N. C., for tliie purpose of train
ing men in the Christian activities of
college life. In order that a still lar
ger number might have at least part
of the advantages of this conference,
there is held each year a Georgia
student Conference, in which the men
gatWer to discuss religious problems.
it is found that the delegates from
We various colleges are in many
cases the leading men in scholarship,
athletics and other activities. It is
an opportunity and a privilege in it
self to come to know men from other
institutions and to associate intimate
ly with them during those days.
Time and Place.
At the invitation of tfae faculty and
students ot the University of Geot-
gia and through the hospitality of the
citizens of Athens, the conference will
be held at the University of Georgia,
Athens, Ua., October 22d-26th, 1913.
"l'lie first session will convene at 7:30
o'clock Wednesday evening, and the
last session will be held Sunday eve
ning. ,4^,
"ri *•“ Purpose.
The purpose of the conference are:
1. To study the moral problems of
college life.
2. To study the methods and prin
ciples of Bible study, mission study
and social servioe.in the light of the
expel ience of all the delegates pres
ent and under the guidance of expert
leaders.
To outline the principles of life
decision in line great outstanding cal’
Ings.
4. To receive inspiration for the
undertaking of larger tasks.
Speakers and Leaders.
Among those who have agreed to
tase part in the program are:
W. D. Weatherford, secretary
student department, international -o.n-
niiltee Y. M. c. A., .\„ York.
Poteat. preside!, ,-r i-v*.
man University, Furman, S. C.
Mr. H. F. Comer, general seev a -/
M c - A - Georgia S’.hool of Tecli-
' ogy ’Hants, Ga.
Mr. H R. Wat's, cneral i eret .-y.
■ -YI. G. A.. Georgia Tech. Atlan’a!
Yesterday morning the commission
Gapt J. H. Rucker—appointee of
President YVilson to the postmaster-
ship at tthis place—arrived and the
next postmaster of Athens was armed
and equipped with the official docu
ments and instructions to begin the
duties of the office.
The office will have to be checked
Ga.
Mr. R. m. Guess, general secretary
University of Georgia, Athens. Ga.
Ylr. YV. H. .Morgan, studept secre-
tary intermitional committee Y. M C.
A.; New York., traveling In the south.
Dr. John J. Eagan. Atlanta, Ga
-Ylr. W. H. Rantsaur, traveling sec-
(Contined on page Eight.)
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Editor Banner:—We wish to reply very briefly to the affidavits
: ° f Mr ' °’ H> Arnold a ” d E ' H ’ Youngkin, which were published in the
* “ Extra ” ed,tio " of the Athens Herald last night, by saying that
these gentlemen with the magic wand of their imagination have
4- magnified a few grains of truth into a mass of such proportion, as
4 would tax the containing capacity of a Western wheat granary.
+ It is true that last Monday night we casually engaged in a poli-
4 tical chat with these two gentlemen, and soon observed that they
t Were mutually intent “drawing us out” and so received to
4 pump them full of "good dope” for a losivig horse on a mud track
and'eap. So when in stage whispers the negro vote was mention-
4, Cd v.e fcegm to "string thorn” t> tell.'rg ti of the fi:u - - -
4 the color line. This was a "Rag. a s,i ? pery Rag" pure and simoie.
* w e never dreamed that we werp -racing
wc were casing on© over" so nicc!y, but
4 they went to sleep on the "Rag” „ nice as anything you please, and
now won't wake up until Saturday night, when both wil! chime’
► “Take us back—back to Carolina.” It i s to laugh!
' B ut seriously, there has never been L-ty mention made of the nenro
? vote at any of the political meetings we have attended or any check-
" ' n£! ° f the same ’ This ne 9 ro question, so far as we know, was
” ra ' S " d by the 0 PP<>nents of the administration, just as it was
brought into our conversation the other night
E. K. LUMPKIN, JR. *
JOS. H. LUMPKIN.
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fiuilVE COMMITTEE ISSUES
FLAT DENIAL DF ‘NEGRO’ HI
Editor Banner:—There is a current
rumor in the city that an effort is be-
made, by those opposing the com
mission form of govertfment, to have
the negro take part in the coming
•lection and vote against this bill.
We desire to state most emphatically
that the question of the negro voting
at this election has never even been
discussed at our meetings and that
no efTort has ever been made at any
of these meetings or otherwise to in
fluence or secure the negro vote at
this coming election.—EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE ANTI-COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT LEAGUE.
AND RUCKER IS 1
|M
up the outgoing postmaster. Air Wi
liam Fleming, turning over the busi
ness in its entirety to his successor
An inspector will check Mr. Fleming
up—and out. The inspector assigned
to this duty was in the country yes
terday afternoon and returned only
last night. The checking out and m
Kill be made this morning a ,d-
Attaens will have a new postmaster!
Prizes Awarded for the Home-
Reared, Real Flowers—Babies
The baby show in connection with
the Ladies' Garden Club exhibit,
brought out the loveliest display of
blossoms there. The Judges asked,
very modestly, for thirty-six orues.
because (hey were in dispair of award
ing two when each balby was so pretti
.nd fine and good, but (hey were told
to go back and inspect them -ga u
Which they did, with the following re
suit, with apologies to the rest:
John Hudson won the prize for tic
baby under one year'. He is the so.)
of Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Hudson.
Marjorie Snook, (he beautiful little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Snook,
oil the prize for the two-year-old
babies.
Little Clarence and Clara Wells,
two and one-half-mcnths-old, won a
splendid prize.
There were some beautiful babies,
who were just beyond the age limit
which made them ineligible for a
rize.
The judges will never be known, ex
cept to the managers of toe shew.
YIrs. Gerdine and Mrs. Mathews and
Mr. C. C. Jarrell wish to thank the
mothers for their generous response,
and, wish like the judges, that they
had had fihirty-six prizes. The follow
ing babies were entered:
C. C. Kemsey, 1 year old.
OUR LIST COMPLETE.
Fresh Seeded Raisins, Currants,
Dates. Prunes, Figs and Apricotts.
Florida Oranges, Tokay Grapes, Dela
ware, Concord and Niagara Grapes;
Seickle Pears, Grape Fruit, cooking
and eating Apples. Fears' Grocery
Co. Phone 1071.
Fresh Oat Meal, Post Toasties, Corn
Flakes, Shredded Wheat, Pettis Hay,
Firena Cfieam of Wheat, and anything
else that is to be had in cereals. Fears
Grocery Co. Phone 1071.
-L hn Hudson, 5 months old.
Lillie Catherine England.
Dorothy Eliott, 17 months old
James YVhitdiead, 2 years old.
•T. iS. Latimer. 7 months old.
Roy Mewbcrn. 14 months old.
Harold YVeatherford, 2 months old.
Malbel Wrisfit, 6 months old.
Wm. Hinton Stone, 2 mon-n» old.
Ben Marion Betts, 1 year old.
Ghas. Johnson, 21 months oli.
Clarence and Clara Wells, 26 roontf
old.
Dean Radeir, 2 years old.
Sarah Grimur Hill, 10 montlba old
Hazel Emery, 18 months old.
Paul Hilley, 20 months old.
Ethel Davis, 4 months old.'
E. Barnett, 14 months old
M. Weatherford. 2 mou’. s Ql „
Jas. Camak, 3 months o! *
Julia Ginn, 2 years j! .4
M. Newborn, 14 -no. h 3 OJ(J
J- H. Whitehead. > years old. (Last
'ear's prize hnby.)
-Ylary Knell, 1 year old
Robert Blackborn, 1 yea r old.
Hansford Denning, 18 months old.
Jas. Bower, 2 years old.
Henry West. 2 years old
Marjorie Snook. 2 years old.
Paul Hilley, 211 months old.
I-ouise Forbes, 1 vear old
' Jeannette Crawford. 1 year old
J^lme Hadaway, H month „ Q]d
Basket Grapes 25c.
Fresh shipment Concord Grapes
-5c. Arnold & Abney. p ho n e 1076.
Fancy Celery
Head Lettuce. Ripe Tomatoes.
Green Rell Peppers. Arnold & Abney.
Tokay Grapes 20c Pound
The large pink tinted kind.
& Abney. Phone 1076.
Arnold
The Crystal leads in high-class mo
tion pictures.