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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1. 19M.
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ATHENS. GA.
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Publisher and General Manager
Editor
Managing Editor
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A Thought For The Day
If they hear not Moses and the prophets, nei
ther will they be Persua ded, thosh one rose ,
from the dead.—Luke 16:31. if
It is no advantage to be near the light if th~ >
are closed.—St. Augustine.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES
There has been considerable opposition in various
communities in the state to registration of bith certi
ficates. Why anyone could object is beyond our com-
jjrehendon, but no matter what the law may be on
any question there is some one to find fault and op
pose its enforcement
Recordinu birth certificates is one of the most im
portant duties and in all communities, towns, cities
or country, the law should be enforced and all births
made of permanent record. There are many rea
sons why these certificates should be made a matter
of record. The Dublin Courier-Herald gives twelve
reasons in favor of registration. ’1 hat number
should be sufficient to satisfy any half-way reason
able perron. It says: , , ...
First. As evidence t<> prove the age and legiti
macy of heirs:. . ,
Second. As proof of age to determine the
validity of a contract entered into by an alleged
m Third. As evidence to establish age and proof
of citizenship and descent in order to vote. .
Fourth. As evidence to establish the right
of admission to the professions and to many pub
lic offices.
Fifth. As evidence of legal age to marry.
Sixth. As evidence to prove claims of widows
and orphans’ pension law.
Seventh- As evidence to determine the liabil- (
ity of parents for the debts of a minor.
Eigth. As evidence to prove the irresponsibil-
ith of children under the years of age for crime
and misdemeanor, and various other matters in
. the criminal code.
Ninth. As evidence in the enforcement of
laws relating to education and to child labor.
Tenth. As evidence to determine the relations
of guardians and wards.
Eleventh. As proof of citizenship in order to
. , obtain a passport. ' •
Twelfth. As evidence in the claim for Oacemp-
tion frpm or the right’to jury and militia ser
vice.
Registration of (certificates of birth means more ',
than a record of this or that child. It Inay mean
much for the child in the future in establishing an
cestors and protection in case of any question aris
ing over exact informatio n of date of birth, place
and parents. Mnrriage licenses arc made a matter of
record and why not birth certificates? In the past
our state and country, have been slack in this par
ticular, but now that they are awakening to its im
portance, no one should enter a protest or block in
any way its absolute enforcement.
PECAN INDUSTRY IMPORTANT
Clarke county is- taking the lead in the pecan in
dustry and a number of orchnrds of several thousand
trees are in cultivation and many of them bearing suf
ficiently for commercial purposes.
Trees three to four years old bear a limited amount
of pecans and these fivfc to six years old bear a full
crop and become valuable from a commercial stand
point. It is not an expensive crop to make and the
demand for these nuts is strong at all times, Jho
cost of planting an orchard is not over fifty to sixty
dollars an acre, ami for the first few years other
crops can be planted between the trees, the cultiva
tion of which will not interfere in any way with the
growth and development of the tree. When matured
and producing for the market such orchards will
bring in from one thousand to fifteen hundred dol
lars an acre on an average yield.
This section is peculiarly adapted for growing pe
cans and in a few years, if the increase of the boll
weevil continues, the farmers will find in pecan or
chards a splendid substitute for cotton and one more
profitable than cotton has ever been. The cost of
producing a crop of pecans is not so expensive as
cotton and the inerme is much greater. It is time
our farmers were thinking of the pecan industry and
putting out trees and even .though they do not care
to make a business of growing and marketing tho
nuts they will find a ready sale for their orchards at
a profitable price.
' A CONVENTION BURFjCll FOR ATHENS
In practically all of the cities in the country there
hae been organized a convention bureau and the ex ■
pense attached to holding and entertaining convon-
A'®" 8 I* underwritten by the business men of the city-
■ Athens should have a convention bureau in charge of
rsome one responsible for securing conventions.
With direct activities employed many gatherings
can be secured for this city and the cost to those inter-
es.ed would be only a nominal sum each year. The
benefits to be derived from such occasions is fnestim-
BRIM» a “ d advertises a city more thoroughly than
|Bpn>Ugn any other agency,
sir .T* 16 “yanization should be independent of any
h other civic or commercial organization and should
be operated on a business system without any great
expense attached to its conduct. There is no doubt
that some enterprising citizen would cheerfully give
■ jurrirlent time and attention to the project to secure
conventions and through committees direct the
jnfiyrtainment of the visitors while in session here.
Now is the time to organize and commence work
for next year’s conventions. Such an organization
will not be an expense and a burden to our people
but would be a splendid investment.
In Packages
In Bulk
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
A Little of Everything And Not Much «f Anything.
By HUGH RCWE.
Joseph M. Hodgson, county
commissioner, is spending sev
eral weeks in Philadelphia and
Boston. Ho writes a friend
hat lie is tu'clng h great many poo-
lo J»iit that tiny <lo not Ac cm t*
nre to make now acquaintances,
low* vor. the expression Is typical
l Mr. ilntlKsoi uml xve .would
•liable our hist cigarette that ho Is
•jvlng tho time of hi4 life and on-
•ylng tin
he l*lg city. His many friends
*l»'li for him an enjoyable trip and
t safe return.
There is only fifteen moro
days of the legislative session
and un!oss tho lawmakers work
on Saturdays there will only
>e thirteen days and wi^h two Hun*
•ays to bo deducted cloven day.'
■i all that can he gotten out of
ionic near running into
it this point. If all
is required to turn Into
re' t from, prince nvonm
Pulaftkf afreet to H un-
ue it Vbuld avoid "dead
that short time, hut if the j
ghlator* will listen to Governor
VaUter. he will pull them out of
he nolc and have passed tax leg*
station which will provide for nil
demands of necessities.
Dan Bickers, that loveable
and magnetic pentloman, who
for many years was a citizen !
of Athens and managing editor )
f tin- Hamer, was a visitor to Ath-
ns yesterday t,»»r a few hours. I Hr j
Ime was taken up Sn catling 01
Is friends, and they are many. X*
'an oyer lived In Athens who en
oyi-d the friendship *rf more pen
lo than did Dan RiHorr. lie do
•» rv* d them and they are h.ya
Dougherty . and Lumpkin streets
It Is worth thinking of before some
one meMs with u serious accident
and maybe n life pays the toll fot
the failure on the part of the may
or and coilncil to pass such an or
dinanee cleRignatlpifc Dougherty
atr*et a one-way street.
The amount of work romodol
ing business houses on Clayton
street causes one to feel that
pr.icperity is just around the
corner. There is only'two varan!
store ro<
dv
this street. Tht
fl uke county's Increase Mn tax
.'Me property* was 1371,545. .
Th legislature appropriated tu
errnfor the state college of ag
riculture, $50,000 and for the uni
versity 520,000.
Mr. K. H. Dorsey left lor Non
York t » buy fall And winter stork
J. D. Jossey had dn display j
tomato <>f ids own raising, weighing
over one pound and a half
The senate passed a bill to re
quire railroads to maintain sop-
urate windows and agents for ex
change of mileage In towns of 2 00 f
or more population.
Tabled resolution to erect monu
ments to soldiers, Bailors and w6
men of the confederacy.
Heard rending of resolution U
ask Governor Smith to tUKO hh
*-«»ut in the United States senat*
immediately. ,
The house reconsidered bill to
allow wbmen to practice law 1?
Georgia.!
Opponents of Tippln hill filll-
bustcred to prevent nenr-benr blP
from being read the second time.
Passed resolution declaring th*
offli-j# of United States senator va
*.iiit for- the reason that .Govcrnoi
Smith hud not gone to Washing
id do
•d to bin
vhere'i he is associate editor thej
doming New a, he has •nde-irei j
Ims'clf to the people of that city !
he same ns he did in Athens, !!!
•ucecss has hren enrne*l and th* .
iuture holds greater tilings for hint
Would it not be q w*Be action
on the part of tho mayor and
council to make Do.inhcrty
•ircct a one wav street?. An
•rdinnnce designating this i.-treet
u such woubl answer the purimsf
•nd many accidents In the future
"b-ht be avoided. The turn Intc
-mnnkln street
. .... .ountry. The boll weevil linn
been conquered and the cptton
rower In happy over tho pi’oapecU
for a reasonable crop.
ATHENS T.WELVE YEARS AGO
Wrdnecday, Augusta 2. 1911
Walter Merrl-*. son of Hqv. and
Mrs. J. V. M. Morris, patentee of
Berton Bra ley’s
Daily Poems
PRIRE
You’r« proud of your city, its com
merce uml trade,
Its palaces splendid, its avenues
wide,
The traffic that moves in an end
less parade,
The skyscrapers rising in arro-
| gant pride;
• The shops and tho theatres bril
liant uad gay—
But have you a place for the chil
dren to pluy?
imivo yuu
Seen tlie New
You’re proud of your city, you
justly acclaim
Its wealth and its beauty, its
I lower and might,
You bodst of. its progress, you
speak f its fame ,
You yii w it with wonder and
spell-hound delight;
Its magic enfolds you wherever
you rt ray,
But—is there a place for the
children to piny?
The children—tomorrow YOUR
city is THEIRS*
And how shall it be in the days
still to come,
If these, who must manage a city’s
affairs
Grow up in the mean slimy
streets of n slum?
Oh, put all your pride in your
Y-lty away,
Unless Vou have, place for the
childn i to play!
Prof. DuBose
Sees Good Year
For Dahlonega
Prof,jMaflon IM Bone, president
of the 1 North Georgia Agriculture
Colleges at DuMnnegq. who has
b«*-n active nil Kijinni* r interest
ing student* ever the state In en
tering Dahlonega this fall, left
Monday night for Wilmington and
Wrightsville, N. C., to visit his
mother. ’*
Prof. DuBoce Is very optimistic
over the'prospect* of tho Dahlone-
ga school this full and states that
every indication point* to a large
attendance. This i* Prof. Dubose’s
M*mnd year es h< ad of tho schol
and h#» !* meeting with splendid
| -LOVY NECKS' PEEVE 'EM
ATHFMfi—A bond of: “realptii’ !
:<■'! l.y (3l > lrn«»brf.igt j > "nrs‘ , kd i -'l
m I n iste$^:
men ineeki
dresses,in. public.
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sured that the quality of the oil he pours
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