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. T*?Oj- ~ THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1911.
$1.00 YEAR
ONE. OF IE BIG CITIES;
15,000 POPMUIN HERE
Athens Ranks Sixth Among the Cities in This State.
Rapid Growth Shown During the Past Ten
Years. Nearly Fifty Per Cent, increase in
Population, Growth Just Begum
Athens Is now one of the big six
cities in the state. The rating runs
c» follows: Atlanta, Savannah, An-
gi.sta, Macon, Columbus, Athens.
Athens has outgrown an of the larg
er cities In her class during the past
ten years. Some of the smaller towns
have made rapid gains, Waycross es
pecially, but of the cities in the state,
Athens has shown a larger per cent
Increase.
When It Is considered that Athens'
Incorporated limits extend only one
idle and one half in every direction,
the population of 15,004 is most grat
ifying. If the corporate limits had
been extended some years since at
was advocated at that time, the popu
lation of Athens at this census would
have reached easily eighteen thout
and. But without the extension the
growth during the past tean years Is
remarkable, and Is a strong Indication
of the population reaching twenty-
live to thirty thousand when the cen
sus is compiled ten years hence.
The steady and substantial growth
of this city means a great deal more
for the city than to resorting to meth
ods of Increasing the population on
extending city limits and otherwise
working up an artificial increase.
The number as announced by the
census director does not of pourse In
clude every citizen of this place. It
I- impossible to secure them all, and
It Is quite certain that with a careful
census enumeration at least one
thousand or more could have been
put on the list. This is In no wise a
reflection on those gentlemen who
served as enumerators as it will be
remembered that they experienced
much" trouble from both white and
black in getting thtem to furnish in
formation and many citizens, espec
ially of the colored population, dodged
the enumerators and thereby hun
dreds of the negroes were never
counted in the present enumeration.
But we have something to be proud
of. We are In the “big six" class and
before another census we will sur
pass at least Columbus. Our growth
over Columbus during the past ten
years assures Athens of the fifth
place in the style next census. Ath
ens' gain was forty-six per cent during
the past ten years while Columbus
only allowed a gain of about twenty
per cent. •
With the progressive spirit shown
on every hand by the citizens of this
city, there is no reason why Athens
should not advance to the fifth place
easily.
-Now that the population question is
settled let every citizen go to work
foi a greater Athens. More manufac
turing plants must be brought here,
it is the weekly pay roll which builds
a city. It Is the man who works for
his dally bread that keeps the money
Rowing through every channel of the
commercial world, and it Is that class
that must be provided for with labor
tu carry on Industries and build the
city.
Ths'James White Power Co. will
soon be completed at Barnett Shoals,
which will bring to this city nearly
five thousand horsepower electric cur
rent. This power must be utilized
and can be utilized at a much cheaper
rate than steam powe . The cost of
coal producing power is greater than
the cost of electricity and with the
large amount of power at the com
mand of manufacturers, Athens can
be made to hum In the future.
With the amount of power fur
nished from the James White Power
Co.. Athens would be one of the larg
est manufacturing cities in the south.
The opportunities are here for a man
ufacturing center, and it Is uj> to our
people to develop and utilize It and
bring to this city money sufficient to
bring about the condition.
With concerted action on the part
of our people great things can be ac
complished this year. The Chamber
of Commerce Is doing n great work
for Athena and every business man
and citizen Interested in the advance
ment of Athens should become a mem
ber of that organization and cooper
ate with the members In their work
ol building Athens.
Many Improvements have been
brought about during the past year by
the Chamber of Commerce and much
can be accomplished by that body
this year, but a few citizens cannot
do It all and It should not be expected
of thtem. If you are .interested in
Athens and Its welfare Join the organ
ization and attend the meetings and
be a party to the upbuilding of the
most progressive and prosperous city
In the state.
CORN MS
At Rate of Foar a Week
Are Bela* Organized in
Georgia Counties
This Winter.
NEAR ESCAPE
Prisoner in Clarke Comity
Jail Had Steel Hid in
His Leggings For
Sawing Bars.
Nearly One and a Half Lunacy Trials
a Month in the Year Just Passed
The record of lunacy casei tried
before Judge Wingfield, ordinary of
Clarke county, for the year Juet
closed makes the figures nearly one
case and a half per month for the
year—aeventeen cases having been
heard before the ordinary's court dur
ing 1910—most of them resulting In
(he committal of the parties to the
state aanltarlum. There have been
two cases this year and the month
not half gone—both of these cases be
fog white women. The cases last
year are classified as follows: white
women, 6; white men, 4; total whites,
10; colored women, 2; colored men, 5;
total colored, 7.
From April 1909 to Dec. 31, 1910,
the period embraced In the record
kept now In the books of forms pre
pared by the sanitarium management,
there were thirteen cases trited In
Clarke county.
Prof. Campbell, of the State College
of Agriculture, in charge of the corn
club extension work in the state, re
turned yesterday from a trip to South
Georgia where he has Just organized
two very fine boys' ccrn clubs and
spent two veiy Interesting days with
the earnest farmer- boys, their par
ents, and many of the county teach
ers In tslklng corn seed selection,
cultivation, and discussing plans for
the best work by the corn clubs for
this year.
Six new county organizations were
effected during the paat week and
four are to be completed this week,
with at least four more to follow next
week. Last year there were more
than 3,000 boys In the state menbers
of the various boys' corn clubs. It
Is confidently believed that this year
there will be more than 5,000 mem
bers.
In Ware county Tuesday at Way-
cross, Prof. Campbell met about fifty
hoys and a club was organised and
started off with systematic plana sad
earnest enthusiasm. The boys there
had brought tbelr seed corn to the
courthouse and the day was spent
studying seed selection and toll prep
aration and cultivation. Quite a num
ber of teachers were present and a
large number of the farmers—fathers
ot the boy-members. Wednesday
Pierce county was organized with
about fifty members of the club.
There were at leaat twenty-fire of
the teachers of the county present
and a Urge number of farmers.
Columbia county will be organized
Friday and Greene county Saturday.
There are several others which will
Join the ranks next week.
JUD6E C. H. BRAND’S
spring tom
Monday Alter Next Judge ol the
Western Circuit Will Begin
Spring Riding.
Only the alertness of the sheriff
and bis assistants at the county prfs-
on prevented a getaway from the
Clarke Jail—which baa half a dozen
or more felony prisoners now confin
ed within Its wails.
One of the prisoners who had been
sent out on some lawful excuse ac-
companled by a guard, was found
upon bis return. to the Jail to have
bad concealed in the leggings hr
wore pieces of steel with which he
vas planning to 3aw the bars of the
cages or windows nnd not only get
away himself but allow other felony
prisoners to escape.
The plan was thus, almost accident
ally, nipped in the bud.
At the last term of the superior
court the presiding Judge in his
charge to the grand Jury called em
phatic attention to the Jail and its
susceptibility to easy exit, alluding to
the fact that on account of the Infer
ior materials It has been a soft Job
for prisoners with even crude appl-
ances to get away. The grand Jury
recomemnded that the contractors
who had put In the work be called
upon to make tbelr contract good and
the jail escape-proof. The commis
sioners will no doubt look Immediate
ly after this Important matter.
ADVERTISING GOLF TOURNEY.
Plnehurst, N. C„ Jan. 12.—The an
nual championship tournament rf the
Advertising Golf Association tl Am
erica began today on the links of the
Plnehurst Country Club and will con
tinue through the remainder of tbe
week.
Next Monday week Oconee super
ior court will convene In its regular
spring term. Judge C. H. Brand, of
Athens, presiding. This will be the
first court of the spring term in the
circuit.
Jackson superior court will follow
including the first and second weeks
In February.
Walton superior court will be held
during the third and fourth weeks of
February.
Banks follows at Homer on the
third week in March.
Franklin will convene on the fourth
Monday in March.
Clarke county superior court, the
last of the spring term courts of tbe
circuit, convenes on the second Mon
day In April.
Hon. Jas. M. Ashley, of Toledo,
Known as “Big Jim” to Republicans
Mr. James M. Ashley, of Toledo,
Ohio, was In the city yesterday—has
been a guest at the Georgian for two
days, in fact.
In national republican circles he Is
known as “Big Jim Ashley." His fath-
e,- was congressman from one of the
leading Ohio district from five years
before the war till ten yeara after
that struggle closed. The younger
Ashley was raised up on politics—he
know from a boy leaders of the” par
ty through a whole generation. He
Is a personal friend today of Roose
velt and "Big Bill" Taft and your
“Jouncie Cannon,” and tbe rest of
the long-time leaders. He followed
his father In activities In Ohio—and
he was at one time several years ago
about the worst maligned man and
the most extensively cartooned poli
tician (from the democratic newspa
pers of Ohio) in that state. He came
himself. He remained for some time
In the mountain counties and became
active In pc’ltlcs in the “Bloody
Ninth." He had the control of sever
al valued appointments In that dis- #
tnct. He ran for congress against
Hon. T. M. Bell—as the straight re
publican candidate and In the fight
tor the nomination won the first vic
tory that the late Colonel Henry P.
Farrow (for years (he controlling
factor In the -Ninth) ever saw go to
an opponent. He Is here this month
because he "wanted to get back to
the Sunny South during January." He
still has extensive interests In timber
lends, and Is also Interested In some
water powers in this state. He was
In Athens twenty years ago—ami he
ts very enthusiastic in his expressions
as to the marvelous growth of the
city In that time. Speaking of poli
tics In Ohio he expressed the belief
to Georgia several years ago In the that Harmon will not only be noml-
Interest of large mining and timber | osted but will be elected president In
investments made by bis family and tbe election of 1912.
Death In Roaring Fire
may not result from tbo work of llro
bugs, but often oevere burn* nro enuo
ed tbit make a quick need for Bock
len’s Arnica Salve, the quIckooL
aureot euro for burns, wounds, bruises,
bolls, sores. It subdues Inflammation.
It kills pain. It soothss and haala.
Drives off akin eruptions, ulcers or
ptlos. Only 25e at W. J. Smith * Bro,
and 11. R. Palmar 4k Boat.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 12.—The Texas
Humane Society met In annual ses
sion here today and discused a wide
range of subjects relating to the hu
mane treatment of children and ani
mals. Among those who participated
lr tbe discussion were many of the
most prominent workers In the cause
of child sand animal protection In
Texas and some of tbe neighboring
■tateo.
ATHENS PAPER CO.
10 BE 0R6ANIZED
Well Known Business Men Are
Organizing a Firm to Handle
Paper Exclusively.
Several well known business men of
the city are planning to organize a
new concern to be known as the “Ath-
ea Paper Company," for the purpoke
of handling for tbe trade all kinds of
wrapping papers and paper bags. It
is expected that they will have all ar
rangements perfected within the next
few days and that a definite announce
ment will be forthcoming In a compar
atively short time. Those Interested
In the proposed new business are ex
perienced along the lines they propose
to handle.
HMJL RIGHT
Qeneral Scolt Calls For Expla
nation of Ambiguous Report
on the Boys.
INDIANA DAIRYMEN MEET.
I-afayetie, Ind., Jan. 12.—Questions
of vital importance to Indiana dairy
men are to be dealt with at the annau
eonventlon of the rndtana State Dairy
Association, which began its sessions
at Purdue .University in connection
with tbe farmers' short course in ag
riculture today. Tbe breeding, feeding
and care of dairy cows, tbe different
system of making butter, sanitation
problems and tuberculin tests, the en
forcement of tbe oleomargarine law
and tbe making of butter quotations,
ail will be considered during the two
days’ session.
Foleys kidney pills
F,■ PaCHACMS RltNMAM BtAMM
Atlanta. Jan. 10—The Georgia Na
tional Guard 1m all right, according
to a letter just received by General
A. J. Scott, adjutant general of Geor
gia, from General Weaver, chief of
the division of militia affairs V. 8. (A.,
In Washington.
From a fetter of Captain D. H.
Thomasson, embodied In General
Weaver's annual report. Genera) Seott
and others thought as if it looked
the Georgia troops were ail wrong. So
he wrote to General Weaver about it.
While Captain Thomasson reported
that of the Georgia, North nnd South
Carolina troops, which he saw at
Chickamauga, the Georgians made the
best showing, he went on to say:
IIFrom a physical standpoint, how
ever, it Is believed that 50 per cent
of the enlisted personnel should have
been debarred from enlistment on ap
plication. No medical units were ob
served with any of these organize-
lions, and the sanitary personnel at
tached to the regimental organiza
tions is believed to be deficient in
number, equipment and Instruction."
It was this to which Adjutant Gen
eral Scott took exception in his letter
to General Weaver.
In reply General Weaver writes
General Scott that Captain Thomas-
son's phraseology was unfortunate,
and gave opportunity for erroneous
impressions. General Weaver then
went on to say that the Georgia troop
would compare favorably with any
organized militia In the United States
that t|jey had attracted the attention
of the Untied State* war de
partment on more than one
occasion and that their organiza
tion was a source of great satisfac
tion to the department.
General Scott in bis letter of pro
test had called attention to the fact
that at Chickamauga the Georgia med
ical corps were represented by very
nearly their full complements: that
they were selected from the best class
o' medical men in the state and that
95 per oent of them had attended the
medical camp of instruction at Antle-
tam In 1909, Georgia having the sec.
ond largest representation on that
o< casion.
RUMOR DENIED
Persistent Reports That B.
M. and Brinson R. R.’s
Are To Unite Has
Been Denied,
IEE
Persistent rumors to the effect that
the Gainesville Midland Railway and
the Brinson Railway (which is now
being pushed toward 'Athens as fast
az a large force of hands can do the
work) are to be combined, conncctetd
at Athens, and possibly the new road
then pushed further Into the moun
tain country to make connection with
west era roads, has been denied by the
new general manager, Capt. W. B.
Denham, to whom the Banner ad
dressed a query hy wire yesterday.
Despite tbe fact that the- report
was current and was also dented by
the president of tbe two roads con
cerned that the Central of Georgia
has-In negotiation a purchase of the
G. M„ that rumor has been persistent
ly circulated about Athens and in Ma
con again recently.
Capt. Denham Is positive In his
statement that there is no truth in
this report.
The recent change in the manage
ment of the road, the condltiton of
roiling stock, and the general plan of
operation led many to believe that
the G. M. was about to be either
taken over by another road or had In
contemplation the connectloln with
the new line from Savannah.
The busiest and mightiest little
things that ever was made Is Cham
berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets
They do the work whenever you re
quire their aid. These tablets change
weakness Into strength, llstlessness
Into energy, gloominess Into Joyous
ness. Tbelr action !s so gentle one
don’t realise they have taken a purga
tive. Sold by all realers.
THE PENTANGULAR
Five Southern Universities Will
Forenskally Fight Out In*
come Tax Battle.
Former Student of Uni-
versity*js Rising Rap
idly in Hie Ranks of
His Calling.
The subject for the pentangular
debate participated In by five south
ern colleges, has been decided upon
Resolved, That a Federal Income
ax would be a desirable part ot our
scheme of taxation (constitutionally
granted).”
Georgia will debate the negative
against North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
and the affirmative against Tuiane at
Athens.
All those who Intend to try for
these debates must register by Feb.
1st to be eligible.
Tbe preliminary .contest will be
held about the first of April and the
final debate will be about the first
of May. These dates will be subject
to change as the circumstances may
require. A number of men have al
ready registered and have begun work
on tbelr speeches.
Sophomore Debate Subject Changed.
On account of tbe fqct that tbe
subject which was originally selected
for Rophomore debate was decided up
on for the Intercollegiate debate, the
following subject will be used for the
Sophomores:
Resolved, That Labor Unions sub
serve the best Interests of the country
large.”
All those men who expect to enter
this debate should register at once, as
the date for closing the registration is
drawing near.
Foley’s Kidney Remedy—An Appro
elation.
L. McConnell, Catherine St., Elmira,
N. V., writes: “I wish to express my
appreciation of the great good I de
rived from Foley’s Kidney Remedy,
which I used for a bad case of kidney
trouble. Five bottles did tbe work
most effectively and proved to me be
yond doubt it Is tbe most reliable kid
ney meridne I have ever taken.” Sold
by all druggist!. X
WISCONSIN Y. M. C. A.
Madison, WIs., Jan. 12.—Represen
tatives of branches of the Young
Men’s Christian Associtlon throught
Wisconsin gathered in Madison today
for their thirty-sixth annual state
onvention. The proceedings will con
tinue four days, concluding Sunday
ith a public session at whlcli ad
dresses will be given hy noted religi
ous workers from several states. The
annual state athletic meet of the as-
socitlon will be held Saturday after
noon.
FOUR MISOEMEANOR CA8E8
TO BE TRIED THIS MORNING
Judge West and Solicitor Will Look
After the Disposal of Four
Prisontro Now In Jail.
This morning, Friday, and the thir
teenth of the month, there will be a
quartette of prisoners before the <!ty
court of Athens, Judge West presid
ing, the court to convene at 9:30.
These eases are ail misdemeanor* and
are not of a sensational or even more
than ordinarily Interesting nature.
The following editorial from a re
cent Issue of tho Atlanta Constitution
will he read with interest by many in
Athens where Mr. Lee Worsham was
a bright student In the University ol
Georgia—the editorial being headed:
"Lee Worsham, a Good Georgian to
Watch: ’’
E. I.ee Worsham, state entomologist
of Georgia, president of the Southern
Conservation Congress, and member
the executive committee of the Na
tional Conservation Congress, has
been Invited to become a fellow of
the Royal Society of Arts, of England.
That organization Is among the
most exclusive In civilization. While
its membership Is recruited from
every land under the sun, the aggre
gate does not total more than 4,000
individuals. This by way of indi
cating the naturo of the honor visited
pon a Georgian and, further, to wit
ness that it requires a man far out
of the ordinary to merit and achieve
such a distinction.
Such a personality is Lee Worsham.
Ho is one of the best young men we
know to watch as events in Georgia
draw out of the tentative Into the re
gion of actuality. It falls short of
nccuracy to classify Mr. Worsham
simply as an entomologist. The term
Is not sufficiently definite. ,
He Is an entomologist, to be sure.
The science of determining and rout
ing tbe insect foes that prey on plant
llfo is a new and paramount one,
leaching down into the pockets and
the welfare of the gamut of citizen
ship. That science Lee Worsham has
at his fingertips. He Is always In
vestigating, always learning, a glut
ton for hard problems, a devourer of
plodding work.
He has had a lot to do with putting
aLcaianlattyiL the. Jan Joac seals
In Georgia. About that, ask th*
peach growers. The black root,
which, unchecked, might take almost
as great toll of cotton as the dreaded
boll weevil, is gradually yielding to
his skillful ministrations. The other
tiny pests that eat gold from Georgia
orchards and Georgia crops generally
are steadily being circumscribed by
the endeavors of Worsham.
An* the boll weevil Itself. Lee
Worsham was one of the first scien
tists In George to sense in full the
gravity of the scourge and show the
direction from which relief must be
commandeered. That is not ail. If
Gifford Plnehot Is the "father of con
servation" in \mcjlca, Lee Worsham
Is the "father of conservation” In'
Georgia—in the south, for that mat-
ter.
Close friend to, admirer and confi
dante of Plnehot, Worsham launched
conservation In Georgia when the
word was lltte more than an abstract
term. His influence and capacity for
making people believe led to the or
ganization and success of tbe South
ern Conservation Congress—the first
formal recognition In the south of
that national new thought that sees
the current generation Is but the ten
ant of the land and must make an
accounts! of stewardship to those
coming after.
It Is a newspaper's duty to record
the beginnings of careers when they
indicate a broad trail of applied pa
triotism. That explains this edltor-
lal.
One thing m<5re Is needed to etch
in Lee Worsham: The asset of mag
netism, and he has that In super
abundance, mingled with gracious
and democratic courtesy, kindly tact,
ability to multiply friends.
He is a representative of the new
type ot young American. It will pay
to watch him!
210 GARMENTS
Made During a Month For
Worthy Persons. 86
Visits Made. 77 Cases
Were Relieved.
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♦ MONTHLY REPORT ♦
* OF THE BE88IE ♦
+ MELL INDUSTRIAL HOME. ♦
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Owing to the afternoon services at
the Methodist church, under the aus-
iilces of the Young Men's Christian
Association, the regular monthly
meeting of the Bessie Melt Industrial
Home this week was beld Monday
morning, Jan. 9, at the Villa. There
were only a few present owing to sick-
.ness of some of tbe members, and a
misunderstanding concerning th*
hour.
Expressions of smypsthy were glv
en ror our faltbful secretary, Mra. C.
I). Flanigen In the loss of her mother.
A note of thanks from Mrs. Flanigen
was read for the floral wreaths sent
by some of tbe members on tbe day
her mother’s body reached Athena.
The treasurer’s report was given so
follows:
Receipts.
Bat. on hand Dec. 1. ..
Sale of garments .. .
Dues from members ..
Int. on money
..$93.39
.. 69.00
.. 9.35
.. 33.35
Total $194.99
Expenditure*.
Hands for work $35.00
Material for handi (2 mos.) .. 39.92
Aid to sick and distressed .... 23.80
Coal 2.25
Com. to Collector 95
Ral. on hand 43.27
Hutchins •;
Total $194.99
Number of workers (Dec.) .. .. 26
-Number of garments made (Dec.)
210.
Number of visits: Mias Lana 35;
Mrs. Noland 35; Mrs. Hutchins 10;
Mrs. Davison S.
Number relieved: Mias Lsm IT;
lift. Noland 36; Mr
Mra. Davison 14.
Tba contributions from tbe Harvest
Home enabled many wants ot the
reedy to be reached this paat month.
The Elks through Mr. Haaelton have
been active in relieving many caieei
Talmadge Bros, relieved some needy
cces by sending a dray of provisions
and through the Missionary Societies
of the churches and the city many
eases were looked after, and none
knowingly left to suffer, but the As-,
■eclated Charities Is needed, and tbe
members of tbe Industrial Home
would like to urge tbe mayor and city
authorities to get behind tbla move
ment and leers no atone unturned
until tbe organisation la perfected.
There have been moving Into our
city, aa It grows, many new families
that are unknown to the members of
the women'! organization and it la
but fair that tbe city should have
some one to Investigate these cases
of need before pauperism results. If
tbe famines are reported sick and In
need, and If coal and wood and med
icine aresaid to be needed at once,
wban the weather la bitter cold and
tba sickness aavere, tbe time Is too
short then for full Investigation of tbe
claims. Something should be done at
once.
Many friends are aiding In tbit
work and to them we extend thanks
for hearty co-operation.
M. RUTHERFORD,
President B. M. I. Home.
STATE CONFERENCE ON
TAXATION QUESTION.
TRIED REMEDY
FOR THE GRIP.
Ask Your Druggist for a Free Ptruna
Almanac for 1911.
Utica, N. Y., Jan. 13.—Delegataa
from all parti of tbe state were pres
ent bere today at tho opening of a
two days' conference to consider taxa
tion reform and tbe establishment ot
unanimity In tbe methods of assess
ment and taxation In the state ot New
York. Judge E. E. Woodbury of
Jamntown, chairman ot tha state
board of tax commissioners, called
the gathering to order. One session
of tbe conference la to be devoted to
personal property tax, with especial
reference to Mayor Gaynor’s proposal
to abolish It In New York City. Among
the other subject! announced for die-
cusslon are the now Inheritance tax .
taw, assessment of manufacturing cor
porations and asaesament of railroads
and other public service corporations.
COLORADO FARMERS'
CONGRESS MEET*.
Fort Collins, Colo., Jan. 12.—Prog
ressive farmers from avtry section
of the state rounded np at tha Colo
rado (Agricultural College today In
eadiness to take part In tha annual
Stats Farmers’ Congress. Aa un
usually largw- attendance and an at
tractive program of papas* addresses
tnd discussions covering a wld* range
of topics combine to give promts*, of
tba moat successful and prodtebNt.
meeting In the history ot tha orgaglsa-
Uot