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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1911,
THE ATHENS BANNER
H. J. ROWE,
Editor and Proprietor.
THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER is
delivered by carriers in the city, or
mailed, pottage free, to any address
at the following rates: $5.00 per year;
$2.50 for six months; $1.25 for three
months, or 10 cents a week.
Georgia Is going to have the fees
baseball team in her history this yea
and that is good news to the Athen
fans who so much enjoy the game:
on the campus.
Senator Aldrich is reported as be'
Ing In favor of the reciprocity agree
ment with Canada. That is prettv
good evidence that the Old Guard of
the republican party is about read
tc turn its toes to the daisies.
The Atlanta people have gone af
ter the Y. M. C. A. fund of six hun
dred thousand dollars with a do
termination that will win. More than
two hundred thousand dollars
mains to be subscribed, but Atlanta
will get It.
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The extreme cold of the past twen
ty-four hours has damaged the fruit
crop of the state, no doubt, but those
who are In touch with the situation
are of the opinion th’t the entire crop
has not been killed. It will be good
news if It turns out after this cold
snap is over that the fruit crop has
weathered the storm and that Geor
gia will still be able to furnish a
goodly number of carloads of luclous
peaches for the market this spring
and summer.
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The educational train Is making
such a hit this year that It Is quite
likely that the farmers of the state
wiU demand that It be run each year
In the future. Well, it ran be run, If
those who are interested in It will
help raise the money to finance It. It
costs money to run such an enterprise
and It can only be made successful
through the generous expenditure of
money. If the farmers make up their
minds, however, that they want the
train run each year, there will be no
trouble In getting the money. They
will themselves get behind the move
ment that will result in the funds he
Ing forthcoming.
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The Crawford W. Long Infirmary
will be erected at the University of
Georgia by the good women’of the
state who have the movement In
hand. It Is desired to raise twenty-
live thousand dollars for the building
and a like amount for a maintenance
fund. A considerable portion of this
fund la already In hand, but much
more Is needed. There should be no
hesitation about contributing to this
fund. It is not expected that Athens
should put up all this money by any
means, but It is expected that Athens
should make a generous contribution
to the fund that Is being raised fo>
this purpose. Every Athenian should
give something, especially those who
have had to undergo operations and
have been relieved of pain by the
use of anaesthetics.
0
The democrats of New York had
better keep their eyes open as to the
senatorial question. Monday nothing
but the determination of certain
publican members of the legislature
to stand by what they termed a gen
tlemen's agreement prevented the
election of Chauncey M. Depew
the senate. The republicans turned
up that day with a majority of the
members of the legislature present
ind could have elected Dopes- If they
had been wllllngto disregard unofficial
pairs. It Is to the credit of the re-
publbcanls (that they stood by this
agreement with the democrats and
refrained from voting. The truth
the democrats of the nation are get
ting rather tired of the way in which
this senatorial deadlock has been
prolonged by Tammany Hall,
quite clear that Sheehan will never
be elected senator and for the good
of the democratic party Tammany
Ought to put up another candidate,
WE HAVE WAGED NO BUSINESS WARS.
In an interesting contribution to the current number of the Columbi,
Henry Mann has draw-n some interesting parallels between the wars waged
America and seme of the other countries, particularly the British empire,
says;
The American people are keen in business but they are first of all
patriotic. Herein is the historic difference between America and Great
Britain. All England's great wars have been commercial—originating
in some sordid purpose to build up British trade by destroying the
eomraeroe of rivals. The American Revolution was caused by Eng
lish laws intended to erippie Colonial trade. England fought Holland
and France, Spain and Denmark, with similar purpose, and during our
Civil War the Alabama and other so-called Confederate cruisers were
sent out of English ports to drive American commerce from the seas.
The United States, on the contrary, have never had a “'business” war.
Every conflict with a foreign power in which the American people
have been engaged was begun and maintained, on the part of the Uni
ted States, in defense of the national honor and independence, to re
sist unjustifiable aggression, or to assist some weak and struggling
people in their battle for human rights. Although the Mexican war re
sulted In a large addition to American territory it began in resistance
to Mexican Invasion of American soil. It should be unnecessary to
say that In the Civil War commercialism did not enter into the
motives of North or South.
He has something to say of the treatment accorded the soldiers of
British nation and of the soldiers of Uncle Sam:
Another historic difference between Americans and British Is in
the treatment of the soldiers and sailors who have fought the battles
of their country. England practically abandons the old soldier to
starvation and the workhouse. He gets a medal, perhaps, but he can
not eat the medal. The veterans of the American army and navy, on
the other hand, receive pensions, and are taken care of In soldiers'
homes. Comparatively few veterans care to accept the hospitality of
. the homes, although comfortable and well conducted, and make a liv
ing as best they can with the aid of the pensions granted for disabil
ity and old age. The pensions amount to an enormous sum in the ag
gregate, but very little individually. The people bear the burden will,
ingly, recognizing that it Ib a fulfillment of Abraham Lincoln's pldege in
his second Inaugural to "care for those who have borne the battle,
their widows and orphana.”
The burden will not last long. Ten years hence there will be but
few survivors of the men who fought the Civil War.
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4 POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
Greensboro, N. C„ has adopted the
commission form of government.
Six aspirants are contesting for the
republican nomination for mayor of
Chicago.
In connection with the proposal to
hold the next democratic national con
ventlon In Baltimore It la Interesting
to recall that no fewer than fourteen
candidates for the presidency were
named in that city.
Jamea A. Reed, United States sens
tor-elect from Missouri, will be the
principal speaker at the banquet of
Kanias Democrat* In Topeka,
February 22.
The democratic State Executive
Committee of Kentucky, has Issued
a call for a state primary to be held
In May for the nomination of a Unit
ed States senator.
Joseph T. Robinson, representative
In Congress of the Sixth Arkansas
district, will be a candidate next year
for the democratic nomination
governor of bla state.
Simon Wing, who was the first
SENATOR BORAH AND THE NEQRO.
Senator Borah, who Is leading the fight for the passage of the bill to sub
mit a constitutional amendment to the people of the United Slates through the
legislatures of the respective stales to provide for the election of United States
senators by the direct vote of the people, gave his Northern colleagues some
hot talk yesterday. He said he was sorry that the negro question had been
raised In this debate, but that since it had been raised the facts might as well
be known. He then accused the republicans of dealing with this question In
hypocritical manner, and charged that it had been injected into the debate on
ly for the purpose of Imperiling the measure.
He told the republicans who are opposing this bill that they might as w
acknowledge that they had dealt In a hypocritical manner with the negro and
also that there Is as much prejudice against the negro In the North as any
where else
The position of Mr. Borah wag no doubt annoying to the republican sens'
tors, but to the democrats It is not sufficient to enuso them to support the bill
unless they are assured In a most convincing manner that congress would not
have the power to control the senatorial elections should tbe amendment final
ly pass.
Among other things said by Senator Borah during the debate on this sub
Ject were the following:
"The. Northern states have exhibited the same race prejudice that
has been shown elsewhere. In the north we have our race wars. We push
our negroes to the outer edge of the Industrial world. We exhibit the
same prejudices, the same weaknesses, the same Intolerance that Is
apparent 'n the Southland. -
“The negro has been used as a polHIoal football about aa long as
our own sense of decency and his developing Intelligence will permit.
We should not longer mistreat him, but we should have the courage
to Inform him as to the real situation. It dops not benefit him to make
him the subject for our sophomore rhetoric. The negro has advanced
to the point where we well may dlspenso with the perennial distribu
tion of soothing syrup and give him solid food In the way of facts. We
should tell him the truth v-.i conceal nothing.”
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THE VALUE OF LIVE STOCK.
One can scarcely realize the value of live stock and Its Importance to the
American people without reading the figures that are given out by the govern
ment In Its annual reports.
The Macor, Telegraph has complied from the government reports some
very Interesting figures on this subject, as follows:
During the past year mules made the greateat average Increase In val
ue, It being $5.78, making the average price about $125.62 a head. Values of
other animals were:
Horses, $111.67, an Increase of $3.48; milch cows, $40.49, an Increase of
$4.70; sheep, $3.73, a decrease of 35 cents, nnd swine, $9.35, an Increase of 21
cents.
The highest and lowest average value per head of farm animals by States
are given as follows:
Horse*, highest In Massachusetts and Rhode Island, $148; lowest, New
Mexico, $50.
Mules, hlgheit In South Carolina, $173; lowest In New Mexico, $82.
Milch cows, highest In New Jersey, $53.50; lowest In Alabama, $25.
Sheep, highest In Connecticut, $5.60; lowest in Mississippi and Louisiana,
$1.90. sf * «| >jj
Swine, highest In Maine, $13.10; lowest In Florida, $4.60.
During the past thirty years the number of cattle (including milch cows)
In thlB country has Increased from 34,932,000 to 69,080,000; of this increase the
South is credited with from 11,571,000 to 17,416,000.
During the same period the number of sheep In the country rose from 42
192,000 to 57.216,000, though there was a decrease of about 4,000,000 from the
figures of 1900. Of the decrease about 2,800,000 was In the South, where the
number dropped from 8,899,000 to 6,084,000, Georgia herself dropping from 527,
000 In 1880 to 245,000 in 1910.
Swine In the entire country numbered 47,682,000 In 1880 and In 1900 rose
to 62,808,000, but fell In 1910 to 47,782,000.
THE APPALACHIAN FOREST RESERVt
The forests In the Appalachians are to be preserved through the agency of
the United States government. This has been made positive by the action of
the senate In passing a bill appropriating ten million dollars to that work, the
same bill having already passed the house. It now awaits the signature
President Taft, and that signature will bo affixed when the bill goes to him for
Its approval.
This Is an important step and one that should have been taken years ago.
tor tho Appalachian forests are well worth preserving, containing as they do
the largest jiart of the wooded areas of the country.
It Is lo he hoped that this step has been taken by the government in time
> prevent the marring of tbe beauty of Tallulah Falls In this state, where It is
proposed to utilize the water power of the Tallulah river to generate electric
candidate of the Socialist Labor Par-j p 0wer p ut t; ie re arc thousand* and thousands of Georgians who had rather the
ly for Preaidant of the United State* I w power ware generated In some othar way and the beauty of Tallulah
died recently at ble home In Tharlee- 1
town) Maea., aged 84 years.
! left untouched.
SPECIAL GUANO
102 BUSHELS OF CORN
J OE STONE, the Jackson County lad, 11 years old,
made 102 bushels of Corn on one am*; won the
RED star
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MASTER JOSEPH STONE
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boy who w on the Boys’ Corn
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for 1910, and received an Award of Merit from the
government of the United States, signed by Honorable
James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.
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GEORGIANS STAND SOLID.
, The senators and representatives from the state of Georgia are in favor
of electing 1’nitcd States senators by direct vote of the people, but they are
unwilling to gain this privilege by allowing the Sutherland amendment to pass
and thus place the power of regulating the senatorial elections in the hands of
congress.
Senator Bacon, having satisfied himself on the legal point that the pas
sage of the Sutherland amendment would mean the giving into the hands of
congress of the control of our senatorial elections, at once sounded the
Georgia delegation in congress on the subject and found all of the members
from this state opposed to the bill unless the Sutherland amendment Is elimi
nated. Senator Bacon is anxious to secure an amendment to the bill, in which
It will be stated specifically that the power to regulate the election of Unit
ed States senators shall be left In the hands of tbe states. This amendment
will be offered by the Georgia senator, but it may not secure enough votes to
pass. It begins to look as If the Southern senators will stand against the bill
to submit the constitutional amendment to provide for the election of senators
by a direct vote of the people, unless it is made perfectly clear to their minds
that the power of regulating the elections remains in the hands of the people.
The Southern senators do not wish to take chances of a recurrence of
Force bill legislation. The South now practically chooses its senators by a di
rect vote, through the medium of primaries, and is willing to let well enough
alone, unless it Is quite certain that something is to he gained by the change.
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JUDGE SPEER AND FORTIFICATION.
Judge Emory Speer, of this state, in an address before the Republican
Club of New York, made a strong appeal for the fortification of the Panama
Canal. He explained In a convincing manner what the canal meant to this
country nnd the dangers that would be encountered should the United States
allow It to go unfortified. Among other things he said:
And our forces on the canal are not there to maintain neutrality
alone. There Is the duty to guard the sovereignty and the safety of
the nation. Shall we stand Idle while the potent fleets of our enemy
may swiftly sweep through the canal nnd attack, ravage, lay tinder
contribution or seize possession of either coast of our country? So
otlur nation, not even Great Britain, guarantees neutrality for us. If.
then, we a r e belligerent and helpless, a hostile.fleet might blow up the
looks and destroy the canal without violating any rule of international
law. Or, what Is more dangerous, our enemy may himself fortify and
hold the canal as an incomparable naval base, to extort from us terms
humiliating to American honor and destructive to our power among
the nations of the earth.
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ATHENS REAL ESTATE.
The city assessors of real estate, having finished their work, it appears
from the tabulation of their books that the real estate of !hc city of Athen.
again shows a magnificent increase in value. The total increase is not quite
ns large as that of last year, but last year was a phenomenal year ami tbe In
crease was far beyond what was normally to be expected.
An Increase of nearly two bundled thousand dollara in the real estate of a
city the size of Athens Is a showing of which the people may well be proud. In
this increase Is Included n number of splendid Improvements that have been
made In the city during the past twelve months.
The figures that are given out by the assessors’show that there is no bet
ter Investment open for the man who has money to Invest than Athena dirt.
There Is a chance for men with money to gain a splendid yield on their mon
ey by Investing It In either Improved or unimproved real estate In this city.
Athens Is a city with a great future. There will never come a day when
well-located Athens property will show a diminishing value. The city Is going
steadily forward and the real estate of the city keeps pace with the growth In
other directions.
Come to Athens, Mr. Investor, and you will not regret placing your money
In Athena real estate.
THE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
The Southern Commercial Congress that meets In Atlanta next month
Ill accomplish much for the advancement of the material Interests of this
section of the'eountry. It is an organization that is young but possessed of
much vigor. It has mapped out a program of great usefulness and when it
has put Into effect a number of plans that have been made, the South will at
once begin to reap the benefits of the organization’s work.
At tills session in Atlanta many of the leading business men of the South
ill be present and addresses will be delivered by a number of the most
prominent and most successful men In the country. The subjects will be
many and varied. There will be discussions of the problems of agriculture,
commerce, education, forests, good roads, heaalth, Immigration, insurance,
land reclamation, manufactures, mines and mining, real estate advertising
ater resources and the like. It will be shown how the South is alive and ac
tive in the development of all these lines of endeavor.
There Is no doubt concerning the resources of this section. The thing to
be done Is to bring about the development of those resources. When the re
sources of the South have been fully developed, this section will be the rich
est part of the world and wlll.have more population and wealth than any other
section of the republic.
The Southern Commercial Congress will l n a large measure bring about
this work of development. Every city In the South should be represented
there and It Is gratifying to know that the Athens Chamber of Commerce will
vc a large and Influential delegation on hand at this meeting.
A PROPOSITION AS TO THE CANAL
This is a day of propositions concerning the Panama Canal. The people
have been discussing the proposition to fortify the canal and there have been
made many arguments for and against that proposition. Now It Is proposed
that all ships flying the American flag be allowed the tite of the canal free. It
urged that this would Iiav4 a tendency to build up a merchant marine In
this country.
INTEREST IN POULTRY RAISING.
There is a growing interest in poultry raising in this part of the country.
Within the part few years this Interest has Increased so rapidly that it is now
quite the fashion to raise poultry. And it Is to be noted that only the host
chickens are being raised. The common dunghills are being relegated to the
rear In the poultry procession of the day.
The Jacksonville Tlmea-Union dignifies this tendency to raise poultry by
a most enthusiastic editorial In which the hoys are urged to take to poultry
raising on a large scale. The Tlmes-Unlon says:
It Is a good thing for a boy to become Interested in something
useful to the point of engaging him In continuous effort toward a defi
nite end. Especially Is It a good thing If the community benefits by
the results of his activities.
The hoy who engages in chicken raising cannot succeed unless he
takes an interest In animal life. He must learn to be gentle to his
charges, to study their welfare, to provide for their comfort. Regular
habits are necessary to success, for chickens must be attended to with
regularity. Cleanliness Is a good habit that will be Inculcated, for
their health will fall if he does not keep all things clean about the
poultry yard.
Most boys love to "make things.” The necessary constructions
for poultry yard will call forth his constructive abilities and he will
learn the use of tools. The emergencies that will arise are likely to
call upon his ingenuity to meet them.
In the matter of feeding he will be led to study something outside
the lessons of the school room. He will learn what he must feed to
make h ! s chicks grow fast, what to encourage his hens to lay, what
feeds are useful to fatten such fowls as he wishes to sell.
He wl.l learn to save money to begin or to extend his operations
to the glorious end that he may raise money by his own exertions. He
will naturally wish to Invest his savings to the best advantage In what
breeds he helleves will best serve his purposes, will best repay his ef
forts. •
To develop character in the rising generation -there could he noth
ing heller than to engage the boys, and the girls, too, In the raising of
chickens. Nothing could go further toward steadying a flighty char
acter, toward teaching the value of perseverance, toward Inculcating
the virtue of early rising and Inducing other good habits.
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TILLMAN S PATHETIC TRIBUTE.
It was a most pathetic tribute that Senator Benjamin R. Tillman paid to
the memory of the late Senators J. I*. Dolliver and A. S. Clay. The South
Carolina senator, who has been very ill for a long time, arose to make a fev
remarks. He raid: “Dolliver was a great man. Great men are plentiful in thin
country, hut net as great as Dolliver, Good men are plentiful In this country,
hut not as good as Clay. They both have left us and we know not how soon
our own time nay come. I feel that with especial force. But—but I cannot g>
on, Mr. President. I have thought but the words will not come. So I will sit
down.” And he sank Into his seat exhausted.
The fiery Tillman, of ten or fifteen years ago, under the withering touch of
disease, has disappeared, and in his place has come a quiet, sad, resigned man.
He was for many years a most picturesqque figure ln the senate. When he
first went as a member of that great body, his remarks on the floor of the sen
ate were not always within the bounds of senatorial courtesy and his pitchfork
methods did not always meet the approval of the best element. Hilt he learn
ed much as the years passed and came to grasp the strongest points In govern
ment.
For a number of years the South Carolinian has ranked among th#ablest
of the members of the senate and has given his country very able service. He
still attends the meetings of the senate and attends to his duties, but with a
feeling that is well expressed In his tribute to his departed comrades.
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PROTECTINQ THE FRUIT CROP.
The fruit growers of Georgia are not going to lose the peach crop this year
if they can help it. They realize what a freeze would do for the crop and ac
cordingly are preparing against the freeze.
It has been found that artificial heat can be supplied in orchards and in
this way the temperature can be kept above the freezing point. This, of course,
(Involves much expense and much trouble, but the crop Is one that is worth
saving. If it can be saved by the expenditure of money and labor, it Is worth
the time and the effort.
One orchardlst in South Georgia, has just received a shipment of four
thousand, five hundred orchard heaters. These heaters hold seven quarts ot
non-eombustlble oil and It Is said that they will raise the temperature ten de
grees if as many as one hundred to the acre are used. This would mean that
the temperature rould fall to twenty-two degrees and still be kept at the
freezing point in the orchards where these heater i are used.
The fuel In a heater will run the heater for eight or nine hours and the
heater can be refilled If necessary without turning out the flames, as the oil is
non-combustible. This Is the first attempt made tn Georgia to preserve the
fruit crop through the use of these artificial heaters, though ordinary (iris
have often been built In the orchards and have in a number of instances been
effective In their work. If this experiment should prove to be successful, then
It is probable that all the larger orchards will be equipped with this means of
protecting the crop against the cold.
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