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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1904.
THE ATHENS BANNER.
Published Dally, Sunday and Weekly,
H. J. ROWE,
Editor and Proprietor.
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SUNDAY NEW8PAPERS.
Church conferences continue tlielr
attacks on Sunday newspapers. If they
would stop lo think about the matter
a little while, they would not he so
vigorous in their demands that Sunday
papers ho discontinued anil Monday
papers published.
On tho Sunday paper very little of
the tvork is done on Sunday. On the
Monday paper practically all the work
is done on Sunday. It la true the Sun
day paper is read on Sunday, but that
is a matter for the Individual con
science of the church member, lie
need not read It on Sunday if he does
not want to.
MILES AND PRAYER.
In a recent interview on the subject
of war and religion Gen. Nelson A.
Miles said: "The Russian soldier is
courageous In saying his prayers be
fore going into battle, but the same
may be said of the soldiers of the Sul
tan, and I have found that on the bat
tlefield It Is the fighting that wins and
not the praying."
This utterance has brought down
the wrath of many on the head of
Miles, and there are thousands who
aru glad he Is being discomforted.
Every time be gets a good lick for
somo of his fool utterances there arc
thousands In tho south who lake great
pleasure In noting tho fact Hint he Is
getting his Just reward for former
deeds.
LOYAL 80N OF THE SOUTH.
Saturday's Issue of the Savannah
Press Is on tho desk of the editor id
The Banner and it Is an Ibbuc of which
that city may well be proud. It was
gutten out by the Savannah Chapter
of tho Daughters of tho Confederacy
the proceeds of the Issue going to that
chapter for the many worthy move
meats they have In hand.
The generous gift of Editor Stovall
to the Daughters of the Confederacy
is appreciated not only In Savannah
but also all over the state. There is
no more loyal son of the south thnn
Plens Stovall and when It comes to
any worthy work In behalf of southern
tradition or southern history, he is
always to lie counted on.
The south would be better off If she
had many more like him, young anil
vigorous men, who carry no bitterness
In tlielr hearts, but who stand firmly
and without apology to tho traditions
of their country.
THE NEW CITY TIME.
The new city time Is giving general
satisfaction, and If the few people who
are kicking about it would only give it
a fair chance they would also lie sat
is fled. There is a general disposition
on the part of the people to observe
the new time and that Is a guarantee
that It will be satisfactory, for while
a few weeks will forget that the time
standard has been changed at all.
Tho merchants hare been closing
In tho new time for the pest few days
and the street railway has adopted It.
The business Interests and the cduca-
itnoal institutions arc observing It ami
It is giving general satisfaction to
them. It is so near the end of the
school term with the University of
Georgia that the new time has not
been adopted by that Institution, but
after commencement It will be adopt-
ed.
The people of Athena should give
the new time standard a fair trial and
when they do ao they will fllnd It to
be quite satisfactory.
city limits. Recently there has come
near living several serious accidents
mi account of the running of trains
cross grade crossings without giving
he proper notice.
There Is a eity ordinance covering
In- running of trains across some of
lie crossings In the city, but It Is not
•nforred strictly and some of the
rains never protend to observe the
aw. This ordinance should be made
o apply to every grade crossing In the
My and then It should be enforced
triotly and to the letter.
There are a numiler of very danger
ous crossings in Athens and the lives
of the citizens arc In Jeopardy every
time lliny cross at these crossings un
less llie train comes to a standstill or
a lineman Is sent ahead to notify the
people of the approach of the train.
The lives of the citizens of Athens
are certainly worth protecting and the
railroads should ho forced to obey the
law and the law should he made suf-
licieiil to cover all dangerous crossings
in the city.
REPUBLICAN DIS8EN8ION.
The republican party In several of
the northern states Is having troubles
of ils own Ibis year. In Illinois there
is a decided split in the party, there
being several factions striving for the
mastery. The state convention Is
deadlocked and there appears to be
no hope of untangling the contest be
tween the rival candidates for guber
natorial honors. In Wisconsin the
same stale of affairs exists and the
convention has split Into two parties
ami each has set forth a declaration
of principles and nominated a ticket.
If both tickets remalu in the Reid the
chances are a democratic governor of
Wisconsin will he elected.
There Is some little hope in this
stale or affairs that the factional di
vision In the republican ranks may cut
some figure In the national election, al-
thoiigli It must lie confessed it Is only
a slight hope al best. The republicans
have a way of burying all their
troubles when the time rolls around
for a national campaign. The demo
cratic parly might take a lesson from
the way the republicans get togethcer
in national campaigns and bury some
if Ils own differences. The party
would have a great deal better chance
in the coming presidential election If
it would do this.
On the other hand Dr. I-orlmcr, of
Madison Square Baptist church takes
tho position that the men arc attend
ing tho church services In as large
numbers now as they ever did in the
hlBtory of the chiirrh. He says that
he has made an investigation in a
most thorough manner and finds that
this Is a true statement on this sub
ject. He ami Dr. Savage are widely
at variance and will have to get to
gether in some way before they will
lie able to convince tlic general public
that either knows what he Is talking
almiit.
RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS.
The mayor and city council at their
next meeting should take more strln-
gent action In regard to the running j country meditating oq the (lories of
....
BANK EXAMINING FARCE.
The recent (allure of the Plant hanks
ill Macon serves to emphasize the ut
ter farru of hank examination. The
laws require hanks to he examined
uni expert accountants are employed
oul sent around at different Intervals
to examine Into the condition of the
hanks nnd make reports to the proper
authorities. The examiners eome
around, look over the books and securi
ties In the hanks nnd mako their re
ports and everything seems to be go
ing on all right until tho collapse of
the hanks come and then the examiner
tells the people how it all happened,
but not until the failure Is at hand.
The llanner may bo mistaken, but
It ennnot remember an Instance where
a hank examiner caught up with any
crookedness In a hank In time to pre
vent the collapse of the Institution
and protect the depositors and credi
tors of tho institution. Instances come
to mind where the crooked dealings
had been going on for years and the
examiners had passed the bank up In
tlielr rciMirts as being all right.
There ought to be examination In
to tile affairs of bauks, but the kind
examination that Is being made
now does not seem to avail to keep
off failures and collossal failures at
hat. As It is the bank examining busi
ness seems to lie a farce so far as se
curing results are concerned.
MEN AND THE CHURCH.
A numebr of ministers are whiling
away the time In New York discussing
the question as to whether or not the
men arc staying away from the church
to a greater extent now than In for
mer years. Dr. Minot J. Savage Is of
the opinion that the church Is losing
its grip on the men for a number of
reasons. He contends that the ser
mons preached arc not of the kind
that Interest men and that the men
arc gradually finding more pleasure
In taklig their sermons from nature
by trips into the country and the like.
Dr. Savage may have the proposition
reversed. It may the men are losing
their grip on the church and they may
find greater pleasure In other things
than taking of trips into the country
anil drawing inspiration from the
beauties of nature. The truth is there
arc very few men who are found on
Sunday rambling around through the
DECLINE OF SECTARIANISM.
It has not been a great many years
since there were hitter controversies
among the various religious denomina
tions, says the Savannah News. In
deed, one does licit have to go very far
back In history to find that religious
dissentlnns and differenres worn at
tended by bloodshed, wars and un
speakable cruelties, hilt we have re
ferences especially lo the strictly mod
ern churches and their denominational
quarrfls of anrient limes. Within fif
ty years many of the denominations
were at verbal daggers' points with
each other, ami harsh invective was
hurled from tho pulpit of one church
against tho doctrine, teachers and fol
lowers of another church. Certain of
the sects apparently regarded other
sects as creatures of the evil one.
Controversy, both sjwtken and written
ran high, nnd partisanship was intense.
There ronmlns hut very little of that
spirit. Tho churches are now devot
ing themselves to their great work of
lifting up the human race and giving
practically no attention to denomina
tional differences. By way of Illus
tration, merely because It Is fresh In
the public mind and not because of
the two churches Involved, reference
may he made to the refusal of the
Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence at Los Angeles some days ago to
discuss or adopt a resolution adverse
ly criticising the Catholic church. The
resolution was introduced by the sec
retary of the Church Extension So
ciety. The conference promptly pig
eonholed It by sending It to n commit
tee. from which It never emerged nnd
where It was purposely hurled. Forty
or fifty years ago the resolution In all
probability would have been passed
with scarcely a dissenting voice and
spirited speeches would havo bccii
made on It. Lnst week nobody wanted
to raise the Issue utul it wns nut rais
ed.
of train* terras grade croM'ng* in tho n4tuie
BISHOP TURNER AND THE NEGRO
Bishop Henry M. Turner, of the Af
rican Methodist church, may ulways
be counted upon for picturesque or
grotesque utleranres when It comes to
a discussion of the negro question. Ills
latest Is that the Lord never inadu a
white man, that all people were black
at the time of the beginning of the
race, lie says:
“God never made a white man. In
the beginning all men were black, hut
In their wanderings on the earth many
of them hnvc become white. Anil in
their unnatural pallor many of these
bleached men, all of whom were made
black at the beginning, now look with
contempt and Indifference—often with
prejudice and hate—upon tlielr broth
ers, the negroes, who have retained
the color that Goil gave them."
This statement of the negro bishop
has lead tho Macon Telegraph to give
Interesting account of the creation
of man as Bishop Turner regards It.
The Telegraph says:
“Wc regret that Bishop Turner did
not give his authority for this inter
esting statement of history. It Is also
disappointing to find that he docs not
give the particulars of the curious
transformation from black to white. A
scientific explanation of the process
would be welcomed by all students of
history. We : ear the credulous bishop
la not sufficiently mindful of the chalk
ed line which the scholar draws be
tween authentic history and dim tra
dition. He Is perhaps too ready to ac
cept 'Uncle Remus' as a final authori
ty upon the creation of diverse races.
Either 'Uncle Remus' or some other
genial story teller of the old planta
tion is responsible for a legend to the
effect that all men were originally
black, for it Is a fact that we have
either read or heard the tale, which Is,
In substance, as follows:
"When the world was too young for
men to sec the necessity of wearing
clothes all human creatures were black
In color. But, strange to say, that a
pool had been discovered whose wa
ters changed the bather's color from
black to white, there was an Immedi
ate stampede for its shores. 8o furi
ous and continuous was the rush that
the animals had to seek their boles
(or safety and the vegetation wan
cruelly trodden down, only the trees
and the toughest shrubs surviving.
Men fought for room as they streamed
along the crowded highways, and the
freedom with which 'cuss words' were
hurled about was simply appalling.
• "Of course the fleetest and the
strongest got there first. These
promptly Jumped In and came out
white. Unfortunately the pool was not
large enough to supply a plunge hath
for everybody. The white water be
log rapidly used up through ovapora
tlon from dripping I sidles exposed to
tho sun. Vast numbers who came
later found the water so low that they
were forced to content themselves
with a sponge bath. Now. as every
body knows, a sponge hath Is less ef
fectlve than a plunge, and so these
later comers were not made fully
white but only brown. Thus wero pro
duced the forefathers nf the brow
and yellow races of the modern
world.
"Finally eame the multitude at the
tall end of the procession, and these
luckless ones wero shared out com
pletely. All they could do was to walk
over the damp bottom of the pool anil
press down here and there with their
hands, hoping to find a concealed res
ervolr of the magic liquid. Thus they
remained entirely black, merely chang
Ing color a trifle on the dampened
soles of their feet and palms of thcr
hands.
"This Ingenious explanation of the
creation of the white and brown races
of men from the original black race
will satisfy all those whom It will sat
Isfy. That Is to say, all that Is needed
is the faith to accept it as bona fide
history. Presumably Bishop Turner
has tho necessary faith."
The new union depot is to come
some of these days. The railroads will
soon bco the necessity for the depot
as thoroughly as the people of Ath
ons now see it.
If the Japs have really made
frontal attack on the fortifications at
Port Arthur, they have no doubt real
ized what that kind of warfare means.
Grant made such an attack on Lee at
Cold Harbor and in twenty minutes
lost ten thousand men.
Congressman William M. Howard
was re nominated Tuesday by the
delegates to the convention In Ether
ton. Congressman Howard has made
the eighth district a very able con
grcssmaii and has served them with
fidelity and energy. The district has
honored Itself liy renominating him
The Atlanta Constitution contains
a column editorial In which It reviews
the suicide of the late R. H. Plant and
practically Justifies suicide. That oil
Itorlal, if read by a morbid and des
pairing man. will In all probability
furnish another suicide for the Con
stltutlon to chronicle In Its columns
at an early date. Such positions are
not of n healthy nature at all.
Dr. Wallace Butterlck, secretary of
the General Education Board, in an
address In Cleveland, Ohio, said that
he was thoroughly In accord with the
views of Bishop C. B. Galloway, of Mis
Hlssippl, In regard to the question of
negro education, *tatlng that It should
lie recognized that the two races will
never mingle socially, that the polltl
cal power will always be in the hands
of tho whites, that the education of
hand and mind and heart was neces
sary in bringing the negro to a correct
view of his citizenship. Those arc
sensible views and if Dr. Buttcrick's
northern' friends will adopt them the
negro question may be settled some of
these days.
What are Humors?
They are vitiated or morbid fluids cours
ing the veins and affecting the tissues.
They are commonly due to detective diges
tion but are sometimes Inherited.
How do they manifest themselves T
In many forms of cutaneooa eruption,
salt rheum or eczema, pimples and boils,
and In weakness, languor, general debility.
How are they expelled f By
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which also builds up the system that has
suffered from them.
It la the best medicine tor all humors.
Unclaimed letter! remaining in the
Athens postoffice for which one cent
will be charged.
Males—Allen, J. A.; Campbell. Bar
nard; Culbrere, Will; Gordon, Rev. J.
B.; Henderson, J. C.; Lawrence, Jas.;
Little, Sammle; Maney, J. B.; McKle,
Charles D.; Wilbur, H. R.
Females—Grigsby, Mrs. T. R.: Hes
ter, Martha; Parker, Miss Annie I,.;
Tate, Mrs. Lucy, Woods, Miss Daisy.
Miscellaneous—Prof, and Mrs.J. C.
Hlntoq,
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To Dr. R. V. Pierce.
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Nothing encourages beauty of face
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Very mnch depends on the condition
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These should perform their functions
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I)r. R. V. Pierce, after making a
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GEORGIA MAGNET
Story of Her Wonderful
Performance and The
Impression.
couldn't budge the lady.
A Loud Crash Ended it All.
He paired her, however. Taking a
fresh -holt" he seemed to drag her
literally from the earth; her Anger
was held In mid-air to signify that she
had voluntarily rcleaned of her own
volition. For the third time the Brook
lyn hoy, now almoKt strangled by his
rage and mortified pride, tugged at the
slender, lallie-like frame before him.
After the ‘‘Little Georgia Magnet,” Then Komething .snapped with a report
Annie Abbott, had extended in her ac- that tmggosled a burnt-out fiiHC. And
cuHtomed incisive tones an invitation ' the girl never moved. The effort had
to “the niuleH” in yesterday afternoon\s t'xliuiistcd the amuteur Hercules. Per-
audience at Keith’s theatre, a large, ^Hpiring he left the stage, Hlowly lum
husky young man from lirooklyn sit- | M . r |„ K ,| OW ii the steps to the accom
ting in the very first row was observ- puuinient of a whirlwind of laughter
ed to lean over uud remark conlldeu- and applause. IIIh nook was dented
tially to the drums uud cymbals In the white and he was in R huIIch humor
orchCHtra. I when In* reached liis «eat in the flrHt
“Say, Ho, on the level, .shall 1 go r ow.
UP anti do her?” “Say, again," ho growled to the drum
The virtuoso of the thump, thus’ a ,id cymbals man, “sho Isn’t on the
addressed, advised the other to go in square. I saw mucilage on her heels
anil win, hut look to his braces. j w i u .„ | jolted her tho last time."
“That’s all right,” was the reply, The drum sneered at this faded ex-
’I’ll take me chances. Those guys Vuho and the band dashed into the
going up now are a ease of ’Halted.”’ j ragtime tune entitled “Only Merc
Heftiest in the Bunch. Man," while Annie fanned herself con-
Then he went urotmd the Four
teenth street auditorium and came in
Just in time for the tail end of the
procession. Once iijmhi the stage his
courage vanished, lie was, by reason
of his build, the biggest individual
there uud was at once singled out by
the audience for its particular regard.
Miss Abbott has not changed in the
least since her palmy days when she
was not vanquished by Eugene San
dow. She was attired in a bull fight
er’s scarlet dress, the cut of which ex
posed her strong neck and curiously
curved shoulders. After the usual tests,
now well worn, the star strong worn*
n from the south reached her supreme
act. Every man jack of the Invited
contingent had failed to force her
against the wail and she was (lushed
with victory when she dared the
Brooklyn giant to life her from the
platform.
Beginning of His Woes.
With him it was a clear ease of stage
fright. Whatever else the crowd as
sembled might be, he was not of them.
With a seasick smile and blundering
gall he faced the human magnet ami
put his arms about her small waist.
This was the signal for laughter. He
towered over the woman who does not
elgh more than 115 pounds, or there
abouts. She allowed him to lift her
several times, and she was as cork in
his powerful grasp. Extending the in
dex finger of her slim, nervous hand,
hand that migh pluck banjo or play
piauo, she pressed the neck of the gi
ant. His face deepened from red to
purple. His neck swelled with blood-
gorged veins. He looked a man at the
4 furious apoplctic lit. But he
tentcdly.— New York Sun.
A SIMPLE QUESTION.
A GREAT SHOWING
FORJIffllY
Over Three Hundred Roys
Ready to Enter Univer
sity Next Fall.
Stall- Agent Joseph S. Stewart, of
the University of Georgia, left yesler
tlay for Rome anti Cctlarltiwn, whore
lie will examine the high schools in
those places ami- determine whether
they fulfill Ihe requirements of the
University to accredit I hem so that
graduates may enter the University
without examination.
Tims far the schools In Ihe slide
that arc accredited under the rules
of the University and whose graduates
are entitled to enter without exam-
inatlon, havo graduated this year
three hundred and forty hoys, who arc
now ready to enter the University.
It is believed that n large number of
these hoys will come to tho Univer
sity next September.
Athens People Are Requested to Hon
estly Answer This.
Tuesday morning ut eight
lliH-U
Is not the word of a representative
of Athens more convincing than tile . M rs - Elizabeth Mandovlllo died ul hi i
doubtful utterances of people living home on Dougherty street in this city
everywhere else in the Union? Head after a long illness,
ibis: |
Mrs. J. \V. Blackstonc, living at 622
Pulaski St., says: "My trouble was a
dull heavy hearing down pain through
my loins. It bothered mo by day and
by night and was particularly distress
ing when I wa.-. trying to sleep. The
ache was not the only evidence that
my khlneys were out of order for the
secretions were discolored, full of sed
iment and hard to retain. This latter
condition also helped to make the
nights miserable for me. I tried about
every remedy wtdeh came to my no
tice but none of them gave me any re
lief until I got a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills at H. R. Palmer & Son’s drug
store and used them. They rid me of
my trouble in short order. I have had
no liackncho since and seem to have
regained all my old strength. The kid
neys were working well and regular
ly ami the secretions are normal In
appearance. I feel greatly relieved
and in much better health since I used
Doan’s Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y., sole agents for tho United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears ttu
Signature of
Tho death of Mrs. Maiulcvlllc was
rather sudden, although not unexpect
ed. For a long time sho had boon
suffering from heart trouble, ami deal li
hail been looked for by the physicians
and loved ones at almost any moment.
Mrs. Mandcvillc was at the time of
her death sixty-five years of age. She
was prior to her marriage Miss
Elizabeth Woodson. Sho leaves two
children, Mrs. W. E. Love, of Athens,
and Mrs. Goodloc Yancey, of Atlanta,
to whom the sympathies of many
warm friends are extended in this
hour of bereavement.
Mrs. Mandcvillc had been for many
years a member of the First Methodist
church of this city, Interested lit the
many good works of that church and
numbering among her strongest
friends the many good women who la
bor in that church for the cause of the
Master.
Do not forget that Dr. Seth Arnold's
Balsam Is the best known remedy for
all Bowel Complaints. Warranted by
E. C. McEvoy, Athens. Ga.
Mrs. Booth, who happened to a
painful accident by falling down a
flight of stairs a few days since, U
some better. She Is at the home of
her son, Mr. John N. Booth, on the
Boulevard.