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Jonah was « human. Don’t forget
that—it’s the big thought The ob
jective of the whole plan in the
Iiord’3 work with Jonah was the re
formation and the salvation of the
people of a great city; the Lord
changed the laws of nature to get
Jonah into shape for the work; but
he did not work miracles to save
Nineveh—because——
That was to be done through the
preaching of the HUMAN INSTRU
MENT. r •
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Some jokesmith saia that the les
son is: “Don’t be down in the
mouth; remember Jonah; he came
out all right!” /
There is po irreverence in hanging
■to that light expression a great les
son.
Human instruments commissioned
to do the divine business of misslon-
arying, if they have the backing of
the Omnipotent, need never despair!
(Even if Nineveh is not destroyed.)
THE N. P. M.
night a special variety of gourd—just
to shade the sulking prophet; and
then he produced a new species of
boll-weevil to eat up the goud-vine.
The Lord wasn’t going to break up
a lot of orderly precedents, twist the
course of nature out, of shape,and
create new forms of life
Unless there was something pow
erfully Important on hand.
He was paying infinite attention to
Jonah—not because he was Jonah,
but because he was a servant with
a commission, the original foreign
qiissionary, the man with a message
for Nineveh—“that great and wicked
city.”
The Lord was thinking ■sorrowfully
of the wicked city—just as the Master
later wept over Jerusalem.
But i
Though the Creator disturbed the
law-eystem of the universe in hie
plan to send a message to Nineveh, it
made mistakes; they were due, how
ever, to “an error of the head and
not of the heart.” I therefore feel
and believe that my experience and
acquaintance with the people have
equipped me for better service and
‘more
at Masonic Hall, third floor M
Joseph Building, Claxton street.
L. N. BETTS, W. M.
J. G. QUINN, Sec.
(From Macon Telegraph.)
We thank Thee, Lord, that while the Dark Horse rides
Across the other nations, leaving scar
And wound in hearts, and many other plagues besides
The ghastly, deadly malady of war,
No hoof-print yet is found upon our land.
We thank Thee, Lord, the air is clear ,
Of Rattle smoke, no cannon boom
Alarms, no cry of sorrowing we hear,
No shadows, dark and sick’nlng loom
Before us; and most, dear Lord, of all
We thank Thee that deep in the nation's heart
There is no Inst for fighting and no wish for part
In conflict—now we thank Thee for the peace; not merely peace
fact.
But peace in purpose, peace, which needs no pact!
—D. G. BICKERS.
usefulness for another term
> than I have been able to render dur-
■ ing the past three years.
In the light of the kind expres
sions from the Grand Juries under
whom I have been permitted to serve,
and from the people generally,I be
lieve it is the will of the God-fearing
and law-abiding white citizens, that
: I should be re-elected and given an
Indorsement. '
As stated in my race before you
saw fit to elect me,—“If I give satis
faction and yon see fit to re-elect me,
and I deem it to my Interest, we will
keep company"; so, If in your judg
ment, my public service has been sat
isfactory, I will ask yon to give me
St. Elmo Lodge, K. of P.—St. Elmo
Lodge, No. 40, Knights of Pythias,
meets every Monday night at 8:09
o’clock at Its Castle Hall. In th»
Jester Building, Clayton street, Fhon»
202-2 rings. Visiting Knights cor
dially invited to attend.
JOHN C.* CHARLES.
T. H. NICKERSON. BC. of R. ft B
There are some things that could
be said of the man who predicted the
European war would last less than six
months. Bat they shall be reserved
for awhile—just to see how far he
missed it
An ’ideal Thanksgiving dinner” for
a party of five has been arranged by
some recipe-maker—to cost only 84.10.
It will include a ten pound tnrkey,
oysters, potatoes, celery, cranberries,
lettuce, eggs and dessert There will
be many who will eat a good dinner
that will cost much less and will en
joy it as much.
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M AH BANNER
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fhs ATHENS DAILY BANNER Is
(tsilvtred by carriers In the city, or
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Isenths, or 10 cents a week.
Remittance may be made by ex
postofflce money order, regie-
letter or cheque.
Subscribers are requested to notify
promptly the business office of late
Heilvery, failure to carry papers to
-porohst o- failure to deliver with ab
solute regularity on the part of the
barriers. Such notification Is the only
beurce of knowing of the existence of
taay cause for complaint, and we will
appreciate It accordingly.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Subscribers will please take note
jlhat no carrier boy Is authorized to
collect subscriptions from any one, or
tie tell papers under any circum
stances.
The W. & A. has the right of way.
♦
They are now inviting China to join.
The big (estival in Atlanta has
finised.
*
Trade at home—there are several
reasons.
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Old Boll Weevil is now paying
visit to South Carolina.
4
Dalton gets the next meeting of the
Presbyterian Synod of Georgia.
The Bull Moose have returned to
the G O. P. herd—reports say.
4
Re-lease the W. & A. if a good trade
can be madp—but don’t release it.
Tennessee is in the middle of a hot
senatorial primary election today.
Georgia sent a carload of nuts to
Chicago this week. But then we have
a few left.
4
Atlanta has coined a new festival,
carnival expression in the word,
"Sumfrollc.”
4
Stick to the home merchant—he’s
the, one who sticks to you when you
need a sticker.
4
An elephant scared a horse to death
in Rome yesterday. Must have been
a transfer horse—and saw the trunk
4
Three hundred thousand railroad
employes will In the early spring de
mand eight hour work mid ten hours
pay.
4
Atlanta talked to San Francisco
last night. But then—you can hear
Atlanta all over the continent any
old time.
4
Colonel William Jennings Bryan
speaks in Atlanta tomorrow afternoon
un “Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods
Before Me!”
+
•A Georgia woman has won the title
of “champion farmer” in the harvest
competition in Atlanta—with thirteen
states competing.
4
Mere residents are moving to Ath
ens almost daily. New business con
cerns are planning to open up here
with the first of the year.
The Red and Black football team
will feel kind of lost today with no
game of their own to play and the
best offering in the Tech-Auburn con
test.
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Plan to make more on the farm
next year than you have made this
year. Independence is only a little
way down the road for the live farm
er in Georgia now.
THE STATE'S MANIFEST DOTY
The legislature of Georgia should cease to talk about reducing the ap
propriations to the different educational institutions. Instead of such talk
the action of the legislature should he on the other side of the question. The
appropriations should not only be left uncut, but there should be Increases
wherever the same are needed.
The work that is being done by the various educational institutions of
the state is known to the members of the legislature and to the people of
the state. That work 1b of the moet excellent character and Georgia knows
that she is getting value received for every dollar she spends in this way.
The needs of the various institutions are known and they are not asking
for a cent they do not need in order to do their work as Georgia would have
It done. It is either more money or a retrograde movement and Georgia
does not wish any retrograde movement in any line of educational work In
the state
It should not be necessary for the state institutions to beg anything of
the legislature from year to year. They should make known their needs and
the mone y should be appropriated. The trustees of the several institutions
are among the best citizens of the state and when they make known that
the institutions need such and such amounts of money to carry on their work
the people can rely on it that they are not fixing to bleed the state of any
thing.
It certainly should not be necessary for these institutions to fight for
their lives before the assembly of state lawmakers. Be it said to the credit
of Georgia that during the past few years tie policy of support of state In
stitutions has broadened and has become more liberal. And it would not
have been as it is today but for peculiar circumstances arising from the re
cent prohibition scramble in tbe legislature
The attempt to penalize state institutions in counties where representa
tives ca3t votes against prohibition cannot bo Justified by any decent argu
ment. This position is so weak that ia scarcely merits attention. Even the
members of the legislature who took this position in the first instance must
by this time realize their mistake and know that they would not have done
so in cooler moments and free from the irritation caused by the anti-prohi-
tion filibuster.
The legislative session nears its close. We are confident that before ad
journment the legislature will do justice by its educational institutions.
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A QUESTION TO BE SETTLED SOME DAY
The time has not yet arrived for the settlement of the question as to
whether it should be left to the physician to say whether or not a life should
he brought to an end on account of incurable defects. It may be a number
of years before a definite settlement of this question is arrived at, but that
it is a live question and one that will be definitely settled some day there
can be no doubt.
That there are arugments in favor of removing the physically -unfit there
can be nc doubt, but our own belief is that it is placing too much power in
the hands of phyiscians to have them say when a person shall be abandoned
to his fate and allowed to die. it is true that many of them exercise this
right without saying anything about it, but as a rule they fight for the lives
of their patients as long as possible.
There are may advocates of laws to do away with the physically unfit.
Some littl6 movement has been made in some states in this direction and
there are many who advocate the passing of laws to this effect In order to
prevent the propagation of the species by these incurables and defectives
just now the whole country is discussing the latest phase of this ques
tion as presented in tbe death of the little Bollinger babe in Chicago. Fol
lowing a case of typhoid fever in which the mother came near losing her
life, this child was born. It was malformed and in many ways defective. The
physician said that if it lived, it would be a burden to Itself all its life,
hopeless cripple and perhaps of weak mind. The mother was consulted and
she gave her consent that the physician should not perform the operation
that might have saved the child’s life.
The physician boldly took the responsibility for the act. He calmly al
lowed the child to die, although some other physicians would have perform
ed the operation that would have probably saved the life of the child.
His act has raised a storm of criticism on the part of leading physicians
throughout the country and there are perhaps just as many members of the
medical fraternity who approve of what he did. The mother is satisfied that
it was best to let the little one die.
There might be some ground on which this procedure could be, justified
were physicians infallible. If they knew perfectly what the results would
be, It might be a different thing. But it is manifestly impossible that they
Should know with certainty. Only God knows those things. The physician
can arrive pretty definitely at a conclusion, but he is human and makes mis
takes. After death these mistakes cannot be remedied.
It will always depend pretty largely in whose family the defective ex
Ists as to whether the advocates of this policy would favor It very vigorously
If the misfortune should he in their own families they would strive to save
the lives rather than cut them off.
It is a fearful responsibility to face, whether to let a life continue or
stop it. While we do not believe the Chicago physician was right in his de
cision, we are not disposed to criticise him too severely. For the question is
a great big question that has many sides to it. It will grow in importance
as the years roll by and some day will come up for a more or less definite
settlement. ‘
“As I look back into the president
ial campaigns of some forty years
ago,” wfites Eugene Zimmerman in
Cartoons Magazine, "I marvel at the
lack of interest surrounding those of
today. Before 1 became a full-fledged
voter, I used to watch the inspiring
torchlight processions, miles in
length, and the gaudy oilcloth capes,
caps and uniforms of the paraders
dazzled me, each delegation endeav
oring to outdo the others in military
splendor and brass bands. Many of
these uniformed bodies were carefully
drilled to perform evolutions while
on the march. There were, as I re
member, the Garrett A. Hobart
Guards, the Blauvelt Battery (with
A story is told in the dispatches of
a man who cashed a check fifteen
years after it was written. How he
managed to keep it so long Is the In
teresting feature of the tale.
The state college of agriculture, the
United States department, and the
railroads of the state are covering
Georgia in the next few weeks with
the livest sort of livestock meetings.
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NO COMPETITION. ,
The Yeung Man went to his father for business advice.
“I would enter a business in which there is little competition,” he said,
“Tell the truth, My Son” said the Wise Old Man.
—D. G. B.
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THE SPIRIT OF PEACE.
We thank '
Across 1
Old-Time Political Campaigns
cannon), Phelps Guards, Boys in Blue,
and many others. I have witnessed
numerous mix-ups when both political
parties happened to meet on dress
parade. Men were excited as though
two rival armies, had met in battle an
ray. I have seen the Btreets littered
with broken torches and tattered uni
forms after one of these delightful
spectacles. It cost enormous sums, 1
judge, to run a presidential campaign
in those times, yet money was not
so plentiful, or rather not so concen
trated, as it is today. Boys give little
thought to politics now. When elec
tion day approaches, they shuffle In
the booth and cast their vote without
much interest or knowledge for whom
they are voting.”
To Develop Brain Power
Consider the facts as they relate to
education. For each child of school
age within her borders Masachusetts
spends $25 a year, while our Southern
states in training the brains of each
o ftheir children (although they have
the additional expense of a two-race
school system) spend only as follows:
Oklahoma, $13; West Virginia, $11;
Florida $8; Louisiana, Texas and Ken
tucky, $7 each; Virginia, Arkansas
and Tennessee, $6 each; Georgia,
North Carolina, Alabama and Missis
sippi, $4 each; and South Carolina,
$3. And the natural results come out
iu the census statistics (1910) where
we find that of native whites of na
tive parentage Massachusetts has on
ly 4 persons in each 1,000 over ten
years of age who cannot read and
write, while Virginia has 82, North
Carolina 123, South Carolina 105
Georgia 80, Florida, 52, Tennessee 99.
Alabama 101, Mississippi 53, Arkan
sas, 71, Louisiana 150, Oklahoma 35,
and Texas 33.
Massachusetts spends- $25 a year
developing brain-power in each Mas
sachusetts child, and he grows up
worth $1,800. The South spends $3 to
$10 a year on v each child and he
grows up worth less than $900. Which
is the wiser policy?—The Progressive
Farmer.
THE N^. M.
The First Foreign Mission
ary.
must be remembered that
He sent the message by Jonah,
man, a HUMAN INSTRUMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR MAYOR.
I hereby announce my candidac)
tor tbe office of Mayor of Athens, sub
ject to the action of the democratic
primary.
E. H. YOb-NOKLN.
FOR MAYOR.
I hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for tho office of Mayor ol
the city of Athens, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
ROBERT O. ARNOLD.
FOR ALDERMAN.
I hereoy announce my candidacy
tor re-election, to the office of Alder
man of the First ward, subject to the
action of the democratic primary.
A. G. DUDLEY
FOR ALDERMAN. .
1 hereby announce my candidacy
tor the office of Alderman of the First
ward, subject to the action of the
democratic primary.
K. A. HILL.
SECOND WARD.
1 hereby announce my candidacy
for alderman from the Second ward
subject to the action of the primary
to be held this fall.
Respectfully,
T. E. JAGO.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Second Ward.
I hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for Alderman from the Sec
ond Ward, subject to the action of
the primary.
HAROLD T. TUCK.
(Sunday School Lesson.)
Jonah is still missionarying right
along.
Nearly every picnic occasion, near
ly every game of set-back
The name has won recognition—
Some “Jonah’s” on the job.
and Jonah is still getting publicity on
that runaway whaling expedition. You
can’t rub Jonah out.
If ho has lived in slang, he has also
lived in another way Ask any crude or
refined, self-alleged infidel or Bible-
scoffer something about his disbelief
in the Book and the first thing he’ll
mention will be
“Now, I can’t believe some of the
stories of the Old Testament. Do
you expect me to believe that Jonah
yam?”
Or
“The reason I don’t believe the
Bible is that it can’t he proved that
Jonah ever swallowed the whale.
(That’s about as nearly correct as he
hits It. !
Jonah recognized again! Jonah,
the first foreign missionary, back on
the job in the home field!
He was the pioneer itinerant
preacher—the original foreign mis
sionary to the Gentiles.
And he’s still doing scouting duty-
getting in a shot where the bishop
and the circuit-rider never go.
Even if he was human and took the
pouts and had a grouch—his spirit
is still marching on down the farther
picket lines.
The Book of Jonah is divided up
like a football game—itno four quar
ters. Read it—the story is worth
while—aside from being in the Bible.
The feature of the story is the em
phasis the Lord put on the missionary
business. Just as the Master later
laid such stress on missions as the
prinicpal business of the church, so
that his \ast words were a commission
to “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD”—
so the Lord hack 600 or 700 years be
fore Christ let a hint as to the im
portance he placed on foreign mis
sions.
The Lord set so much store by the
missionary business that he reversed
and modified the laws of nature f_.
Jonah’s benefit—as he had done for
Joshua once.
The Lord created a i
made-to-measure whale to take in
runaway preacher; later he i
Burbank a pattern in producing over-
Jonah was about the humanest of
the human characters of the Bible.
Old bachelors sidle up-to St. Paul
on the sly and seek sympathy; the
fellow with a carbuncle blooming like
a Mazda on the back of his neck
takes off a time to have a little com
miseration conference with Job, the
champion boil artist of history; the
good old amen-comer brother who
slips up on a slick temper and says
a section of the Golden text back
wards when the neighbors chickens
get in his garden, retires for a con
fidential exchange of experience with
good, impulsive, human old St. Peter.
But, believe me, for every day use
as a human refuge in times of weak
ness and common petulance, cow
ardice and over-sentitive pride, and
all the minnows that nibble charac
ter to death and mutilate dispositions
beyond endurance
Me for a Jonah-conference. He’i
tbe PATRON OF us ninety-nine per
centers of real frail, HUMAN FOLKS,
* * *
Jonah was called. His free self-
will objected and he—fled ignomint
ously. The Lord had to head him
off with a cyclone and drag him out
of the steerage by the hair of the
head. I’m sorry for Jonah that ’he
was weak—but I’m glad the record
told It on him. It’s true to life.
The cowardly flight was the worst
side of him.
Then the best in him came to the
front. He was prompt to acknowl
edge the corn; his manhood stood
him up straight; he begged to be al
lowed to suffer for the trouble he had
caused. Wasn’t that like a real man
—taking his medicine like a true
sport?
Then he went and carried the mes
sage to the wicked city; he took
human pleasure in being the mes
senger of the terriffle announcement.
He was putting stress on his COM
MISSION more than on its vital ob
ject—the salvation of the Ninevites.
When the real object of the mas
sage had been accomplished, the
whole city, from the king to the very
animals in their stalls, went down on
their knees in penitence and repent
ance and the Lord heard the cry and
graciously gave his pardon
The pride of the human prophet
was piqued and he sulked and hid
another
my efforts to
sponsibilities of
In order to
of the Solicitor-General’s office, it
practicality, takes one’s entire time.
We are holding Court from ten to
eleven months in the year, and when
not actually engaged in the Court
house, my time is given to the prep
aration of cases. As you well know,
I have attended committal trials and
Inquests and made personal examina
tion of witnesses, in order to have
my cases ready tor trial. I will, there
fore, have very little time, if any, to
call upon the people in person and
ask them for their votes. In view ol
this fact, I earnestly request you to
look after my interest on the outside,
while I am on the inside, fighting for
your welfare and protection.
Thanking you for your past sup
port, and trusting that I may be
deemed worthy of your suffrage, and
that you will honor me with a second
term, I am,
Yours for service,
JOHN B. GAMBLE.
Speaks a Gocd Word for Chamber
lain’s Cough Remedy.
Mrs. J. N. Rose, Verona, Pa., makeB
a good report of her experience in Lie
use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
as follows: “It has been used my my
self and family for a number of years
for colds and coughs. I also gave it
to my grand-aaughter aged three
and a half years when she had croup
last winter. It broke up the attack
at once. I have recommended Cham
berlain’s Cough Remedy to many of
my friends and neighbors who have
used it with equally good results.”
For sale by all dealers. adv
FOR ALDERMAN.
I he-eby announce ny candidacy,
tor re-election, to the office of Aider-
man of th> Second ward, subject to
the action of the democratic primary.
VINCENT MATHEWS.
FOR ALDERMAN.
I hereby announce m/ candidac;
tor the office of Alderman of the
Third ward, subject to the action ol
3*e democratic primary.
ALBERT E. DAVISON. '
FOR ALDERMAN.
I hereby announce my candidac;
tor re-election, to the office of Alder
man of the Fourth ward, subject to
the action of the democratic primary.
HUGH H. GORDON.
FOURTH WARD.
I hereby announce my candidac;
tor council from the Fourth ward, sub
ject to the action of the primary.
Respectfully,
E. K. LUMPKIN, JR.
FOURTH WARD.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for Alderman from the Fourth ward,
subject to the primary. If elected
I promise to discharge the duties ol
said office to the best of my abilit;
and will appreciate the support of al
good, citizens. Respectfully,
B. DUNAWAY.
ANNOUNCEMENT—SOLICITOR
GENERAL.
To the White Citizens of the West-
ren Circuit: I desire to let the white
citizens of this circuit know that
will appreciate their help, influence
and votes for re-election as Solicitor-
General.
It has been my ambition to serve
you in a manner that would meet with
your approval. I have given my time
and attention (day and night) to the
duties of the office, and if you should
see- fit to honor me with another term,
It shall be my policy to continue to
try to suppress crime in all of its
forms.
The security of the home, the pro
tection of property, and the safe
guarding of the citizens liberty, de
pend upon the enforcement of the
law, and a respect for the Court’s de
crees and sentences, by those In au
thority, as well as by private citizens.
The Solicitor-General, in a large
measure, is the officer upon whom our
people rely to Insure this protection.
' This being my first term in office
in public life, I have, no doubt,
1 due, how-
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Tex., says: “I find Foley Cathartic
Tablets the most delightful, cleansing
cathartic I have ever taken.” They
keep the stomach sweet and liver ac
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bloating, headache, dullness and oth
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Palmer & Sons. adv
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Gleenn Lodge, No. 76, I. O. O. F«~
Meets every Tuesday night In Odd
Fellows’ Hall, Max Joseph Building-
All brethren are invited to attend.
C. T. YOUNG, N. G.
H. L. GAREBOLD, R. S.
Athens B. P. O. E., No. 790—Meets
every Wednesday night, 8:30 o’clock,
at lodge quarters, corner Broad and
Lumpkin streets.
R. O. ARNOLD, E R.
GLARE D. HEIDLER, Sec.
Classic City Council, No. 375, U. C.
T.—Holds its regular meeting first
and third Saturday nights in eacb
month, in K. of P. Hall, in Jester
Building, Clayton street.
I. A BRADBERRY.
JOHN ROBERTS, Sec.
Keystone Chapter, R. A. M.—Key
stone Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Ma
sons, meets every third Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock at the lodge room
tn the Max Joseph Building. All qual
ified companions are invited to attend.
A. L HARPER. H. P.
M. T. SUMMERLIN, Sec.
Geo. B. Davis Camp, 292, W. O. W.
—Meets every Wednesday evening ir
Woodmen Hall, Max Joseph Building,
at 8 p. m. The first and third devoted
to general business, the second and
fourth to degree team and Uniform
Rank Drill. Visiting sovereigns cor
dially invited.
W. W. BEAOHAM, C. C.
K. A HILL, Clerk.
Williams Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F.
—Meets every Monday night in Odd
Fellows’ Hall, Max Joseph Building.
All brethren are invited to attend
each meeting.
M. M. BERNSTEIN, N. G,
J. A MHALOR, R. S.
ML Vernon Lodge, F. & A. M.—
Mt. Verson Lodge, No. 22, F. & A M.,
meets la regular communication
every Thursday night in each month