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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. THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER is dellvored by carrlera In the city, or mailed, postage free to any address at the following rates: 15.00 per year, $2.60 for six months, $1.25 for three months, 10 cents a week. The Weekly or Sunday Banner $1.00 per year, 60 cents for six months. In variably Cash in advance. Remittances may be made by ex press, post office money order or reg istered letter. Subscribers are requested to promptly notify the business office of lata delivery, failure to carry papers to porches or failure to deliver with absolute regularity on the part of the carriers. Such notification Is tho only means of knowing of the existence of any cause for complaint ,and we will appreciate accordingly. TELEPHONES: Business Office 75, one ring. Editorial Rooms 75, two rings. 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, v w. flemino, ?■ h t\lAP$ A SOUTHERN BEI LE. A beautiful Georgia Girl, Vice- President of the Bast End Pnfmcttn Club, of Savannah, and prominent socially there, relates the following experience: You certainly have pro duced the finest medicine for suffering women that there is to lie had in the country. I want to recommend it es pecially to mothers. 1 was seventeen years old when my darling tsiy was lxirn. Felt very exhausted and weak for a long time, and it seemed I could not get my strength back. My sisfer-in-law bought me a bottle of Dr. Fierce's Favorite Pre scription (after I had trieel sev eral of the other remedies which are so much advertised, and found no re lief). I had little faith in the medicine at the time and was so Weak and sick that I felt dis couraged, but within a week after I had commenced takirig your " Prescription ” I was like different wom an. New life and vitality seemed to come with each succeed ing day, tiritll, in a few weeks, I was in fine health, and a happy, hearty woman. My boy is now two years old, and, thanks to your splen did medicine, I am enjoy ing perfect health. If at any time I feel tired or in need of a tonic, a few doses of yonr "Favorite Prescription” recuperates me at once. My address is No. 51 f Jones Street, Fast, Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Susib Williams. To Dr. R. V. Pierce. There is No Beauty Like the Beauty of Health. Nothing encourages beauty of face and form so much as a healthy laxly. Very mnch depends on the condition of the organs peculiar to women. These should perform their functions regularly and lie free from those weakening influences ao often con nected with life in the city. I)r. R. V. Pierce, after making a specialty of woman's diseases, finally found a prescription, whose ingre dients were entirely of vegetable ori gin, which had a marvelous effect on the organs peculiar to women. He found it also had a good tonic effect on the whole system; this he used In his private practice with such favorable results that be finally de cided to put it up In "patent medi cine” form some thirty-five years ago, and since that time It has en joyed the largest sale of any medi cine put up for women only. It is entirely vegetable, and Dr. Fierce gives hit absolute guarantee that it contains Mo alcohol, opium or other harmful narcotics. The trouble with nlany tonics put Up for the public is that they depend upon alcohol for their stimulating effect; this is some thing Dr. Pierce haa always felt was tied practice, harmful and a poor bus iness policy, if not absolutely wrong. The Sister* of the Good Shepherd, at their convent, "Our Lady of the Woods,” Carthage, O., use a great deal of Dr. Pierce’s medicines; they say, in a recent letter to Dr. Pierce: " We beg to assure you of the great benefit theae medicines give our ail ing one*. We cannot sufficiently recommend their excellence." Favorite Prescription ” cures tile womanly diseases which undermine the general health, which make the eyes and cheeks hollow and the body thin. Weak and aick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, in strict confidence. Address Dr. R. V. Fierce, Buffalo, N. Y. YOU GUN W a copy mu 1 11 of Doctor Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pa£cu, FREE, by sending stamps to pay expense of mailing ONLY. Send 31 one • cent stamps for the cloth • bound volume, or only 2! stamps for the book In paper covers. Address t Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. 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 take no substitute. CASTOR IA 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.