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TiiE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, MAfcCH 17, 1911. “AN APOSTLE OF PEACE” Monday Morning Next Week Athens Will Greet Baron d’ Eastournelles, Eminent French Statesman, Scholar and Publicist. On Monday morning ot next week the state ot Georgia, the University and Athens will have the honor ot welcoming one ot the most eminent scholars, one of the most' distin- gulshed statesmen, and one of the most effective apostles of peace Id the world In the person of Baron d'Eastournelles of Prance. About his arrival and his appearance in New York the following extracts from the metropolitan papers .will prove of In. terest: (From Philadelphia Post.) New York, March It—Baron Paul d’Estournelles de, Constant, member of The Hague peace tribunal, ciplent of the Nobel peace prise and former French Minister at- London, has come to visit America and, like his fellow-apostle, Count Apponyl, recent visitor, will lecture here on international peace. He is soon to visit Philadelphia. Baron de Constant, now a member of the French Senate 'arrived today on the steamer La Provence. To Tell of Peace Work. "I will show,” said the Baron, “Just what The fiague conferences were; the difficulties they met with In con tending with differences of languages, races, religions and ideas; their long labors; their work, great though In complete, and their achievements. I will comment on their dispositions relating to the rights of man and to the duty of the government to the people.” '** The Baron is insistent on the necessity of preparing a platform for the third conference and of develop ing methodically the progress of com pulsory arbitration. tlon wanted peace everywhere to prosper. •'Yet,” tbs Baron added, "pence is organized nowhere. War is still given ns the solution or interna tional quarrels. To thousands of mil lions spenfevery year In the almost universal preparation for war only a Tew thousands of dollars is expended to organize for peace. "War belongs to the past. Peace Is the policy of tomorrow and our duty to the coming generation. 1 bring the greeting of European chil dren to American children. Let us organize for them peace and Justice. The twentieth century will place arbl- (ration above war, and above, arbi tration conciliation, for which we must now prepare.” The Baron said he would point out in his lectures the necessity of bring ing France and Germany nearer to gether by reciprocal concessions as a condition of securing the peace of the world. "I will try to tell the Ameri can people In my talks,” the Baron went on, "what has been accomplish ed toward establishing uni-csal peace in the last several years. I will try to show by the opinions of the greatest thinkers and historians that with the exception of wars for Inde pendence wars as n rule have been needless and as bad fqr the conquer ors as the conquered. The progress of science, particularly In the line of aerial and submarine navigation and wireless telegraphy, has made war an anachronism. It solves nothing and leads nowhere. Hatreds, ruin, prisals and race degeneracy follow I shall pot the barren struggles vlofence against International and In terparllamentary discussions. I shall Were People of Atlanta and Gainesville by Bow* ery Bum in Guise of Dutch Ci I b i y. "I will demonstrate," he said, “on 1 show that the interminable increase the evidence of thinkers and of his torians. that with the exception of wars of Independence, the majority of the wars waged haVe been and will be useless and as sad for conquerors as for the conquered. In the face ot the dally progress of science, partic ularly in the matter of communica tion, with aerial and submarine navi gation and wireless telegraphy, war has become an anachronism and solves nothing. It leads nowhere, and hatreds, ruins, reprisals and race de generacy follow In Its track. I will show that the endless Increase of arm ament Is irreconcilable with the at tempt to reform. Conciliation the Goal. ”1 consider that a French-German rapprochement, with concessions on both sides, is necessary for world peace. The twentieth century places arbitration above war and above arbi tration is conciliation, which will come next.” President Taft will entertain the French statesman and diplomat. BARON DE CON8TANT TO TALK. Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, member of the French Senate, a prominent figure In European politics, active in thq cause of universal peace, and the recipient In 1909 of the Nobel Peace Prize, is to' speak at. a special luncheon at the City Club tomorrow. The- subject of the Baron's address will be "International Good Will." The luncheon will be served prompt- of armament cannot be reconciled with the effort to reform. "Peace organization Is the positive and patriotic duty of each state and each Individual. This program should be Inscribed at the head of the plat form of every political party, all In ternal reform, economic or social, be ing subordinated to the safeguarding of prosperity.” • • • (New York Sun, March 10.) O’EttournslUs de Constant. Just before his departure for the United States Baron,d’Estournelles de Constant, president of the French In terparliamentary Group, founder and president of -the International Con dilation Association, member of the Hague Court, etc., was honored with a gold medal by his associates In the French parliament and government, In recognition of his eminent services to the cause of international friend ship and peace, and In commemora tion of bis reception of the Nobel peace prize In 1909. The presentation was made In the French Senate cham ber by Senator Menler, president of the committee of many distinguished Frenchmen which had been organized for the purpose. The American am bassador, Robert Bacon, wai present, and expressed the appreciation felt in the United States In what the Baron has done. This honor bestow ed on Senator d’Estournelles Is all the more Interesting because his work for the cause of peace has never been ly at 1 o'clock. The Barf ns talk will done with a view to personal honor begin promptly at 1:30. The meeting will close at 2 o'clock.‘ This will en able business men with engagements, to leave In time to keep tbelr appoint ments. • • • (New York Sun, March 12.) Baron Paul d'Estournelle de Con stant, member of the Hague Tribunal and recipient last year ot the^Nobel peace prize, who hai started on a tour of 20,000, miles In advocacy of univer sal peace, arrived yesterday by the French liner I-a Provence, confident that war will eventually be abolish ed. He will lecture here this week and later In all the chief cities of the United States and Canada. He said he knew that he would ilnd In Amer ica new ammunition to continue the peace advocates' battle against ignor ance. Commerce, agriculture. Indus try, science and the cause of educa- or emolument, but simply from love ot humanity, Justice and right, has been singularly free from the all too prevalent weakness of self-seek ing, If one may Judge from the man ner In which he has always conduct ed himself. The dispatches say that on receiving the gold medal, he re plied “with a simple expression of thanks.” Senator d'Estrounellca will spend several weeks In this country, lectur ing In the principal cities under the auspices- of the American Branch of the International Conciliation Associa tion, will speak at the Mohonk Arbi tration Conference the last week In May, and is expected to attend the National Peace Congress In Balti more the first weok In May. Ilia lee- ture topic will be “What the United States has done and what It can do for International Arbitration COOKING CUSSES DEMAND MUCH LARGER ROOM The cooking clasaes which have been conducted by Prof. Harris of the Black Mammy Memorial Institute work for a year or two, have been opened again, two lessons having j been given of the present school—one last Thursday and another yesterday afternoon. The attendance yester day was over forty and the numbei who have entered already have made It necessary for the management to secure larger quarters. A hall has been secured at the corner of Han cock avenue and Pope street and all who can attend among the colored wpmenNwho are cooks will he accom modated. Dollar a Pair Saved In the Wear That’s what folks say of RED SEAL SHOES HADE IN GEORGIA Call for these brands Kind Bee Queen Bess Easy Street Agnes Scott Made only by J. K. ORR SHOE CO., ATLANTA (Special to the Banner). Atlanta, Ga., March 14.—A dispatch from New York tonight says that the welt-remembered personage who vis ited Atlanta some weeks ago and humbugged the people of this city an n few days later of Gainesville, under the name of Garrett Van Dome, claiming to be a wealthy Hollander who had been- robbed 1 of all bis pot sessions with him, is none other than George Bates, one of the best know Bowery characters In New York, known and wanted time after time by the police. The Gothan police ar- tested Bates with a big roll of money on his person. In vestigated severe ly he admitted that he had been South and got the "swag” by putting up a story about being tjie son of Holland millionaire. Bates, then sail ing under the Dutch name of Van Donne, excited no small amount of sympathy and received no little amount In cash from well-meaning and charltable'but gullible persons In Atlanta. He went from here Gainesville and the people there Went so far as to ask him to lecture to the young ladles’ college, which Invitation, however, he declined on some pretext of not being able to tal fluently enough In English and on the additional pretext that his ap pearance, after the 111 luck which had happened to him, was so-utterly un befitting one of bli station, that hi was ashamed to appear before an and lence of ladles. He was given help at Gainesville, however, and Prof. Van Hoose, president of Shorter College at Rome, who was formerly a resident at Gainesville and who ^vas on a visit to that city at the time of Bates’ visit made him a neat donation, it la said on account of the fact that the edu cator Is himself of Holland descent and bears a name of thlt country. JFFFFRSOK PREPARING fflll COLLEGE TRAIN Will (lreet the Educational with Big Rally on its Last Stop Besides Athens. (Special to the Banner). Jefferson, Ga- March 14.—Jeffer son being the last stop of the great agricultural college on wheels which Is now touring the state, special ef forts are being made by the citizen), of tbe town and county to mate JkW engagement the best one of tbe en gagement the best one of tbe entire round. Tills la as It should be. Jack son being the very beat county In the state* The engagement will be well advertised and a * large gather- tng ot farmers, citizens, and achool children are expected to be present and participate In the exerclies. Tbe program, aside from what ii arran ged by the director! of the train, la as followi: Address on behalf of the city, by Mayor J. S. Ayers. Address on behalf of tbe farmers of the county and the Farmers' Un ion by Hon T. 8. Johnson. Address on behalf of the schools, by Hon. R. D. Moore, C. S. C. Address on behalf of Jacklon coun ty, by Hofi. John N. Holder, speaker of the present legislature. Address In repsonse to these ad- dresses will be delivered by Dr. Ai drew M. Soule. Hon. J. A. B. Mahaffey will act at master of ceremonies and preside during the deliberations of the en gagement here. The business of the city will b suspended during the stay of tbe train and all attend the meeting Farmers and schools from all parts of the'county and surrounding couh try are expected to be here to wltnest the exercises and co-operate with th< College. FORMA* About the Last of This Mouth or First of April 1911 Ac* counts Will be Paid. NO MYSTERY Journal Last Night had Faked story of Clarke County Man’s Dis appearance. The following story, sensational far as this section of the state is con cerned, -appeared In the Atlanta Journal of last night under the head “Clarke County Man has been Missing two Months—Police are Securing the State for B. S. Smith. Who has Dis appeared from Home." The Story. A general alarm hae been issued for B. S. Smith, who has been my terlousl-y missing from his home, the Jim Morton plantation, Clarke county, since January 15, and practl tally every officer in the entire state Is watching for the missing man. No cause can be assigned Jpr his sudden disappearance and his family fear that be may have met with foul play though be is not known to hnv had any enemies and he bad but small sum of money on his person when he was last seen. Smith left bis home on the morn Ing of January 15, teliing his wife that he had some business to attend to and would not return until eve ning. When nightfall came and did not appear Mrs. Smith became apprehensive and notified some of the neighbors. A search was started and the country In the vicinity of tli plantation for several miles was thor oughly beaten, but to no avail. Mrs. Smith later returned to her former home, 187 Inglewood avenue, Athens, and has done everything In her power to locate her husband but to no effect. The woman has six small children, all girls and the fam ily. s a resnlt of the disappearance of the father, re in actual need of the necessities of life. Mr, Morton Talks. Last night when tbe story was read to Mr. Morton and he was asked about the facts In the case, he smiled audibly over the phone. Mr. Morton stated that Smith did live on his place, and that be did leave the place, that he moved the family to Athens on their own request that they might go to work at the knitting mill, wfiere they are still employed. Mr. Morton stated that Smith got Into trouble in fight In Oglethorpe county and th he went on the man’s bond; after- iwatd Smith left to avoid appearlne ’or trial. COl. Bill HOWARD WlfH COL TORI Bill Two Congressmen, of Lighfh and Ninth, Own Mountain Home Together Atlanta, Ga., March 14.—Governor Brown has about completed paying out the 1910 school fund, only about >71,000 of tbe total, 12,250,000, rft matnlng In the state treasury. This is rather remarkable st this time of the year, as It has usually been along shoot May before tbs en tire school fund for the ysar previ ous Is paid out. No money has yet been paid out on the 1011 school fund, though ths treasury Is rapidly recuperating, and it Is expected n substantial payment on the new fund of $2,500,000 win be mads ths latter part' of March, or the fjrst of April. (Special to the Bunner.l Gainesville, Ga , March 14 --For greesman and Mrs. T. M. Bell arrived st their home In .Gainesville jester day front Washington. Congressman and- Mr*. William M Howard came with then, hut went tl their heme In Lexington* for a day, and Join Mr. and Mr*. Bell today foi trip up In White county, where the party will spend ten days. Will Bell met them here with conveyance. Our representatives fro mthe ninth and eighth districts, leaders In Con gress, Jointly own a beautiful place In White count)’, four miles from Cleveland, looking toward the Valley They term It their "Reservation,” and It is their rendezvous, tbelr place of recreation and rest. Both Congressmen need both these things Just now. They are away fn season from the vexations and bur. dens of public life. Congressman Bel! returned with Severe cold. He barely escaped an attack of grip. One evening last week, Mr. Bell bad a caller, a White coun- constituent, seeking aid In the es tablishment of t rural free mall de livery route. .It was late in the evo nlng when Mr. Bell was msde ac qualnted with his purpose In Wash ington Desiring lo get the matter attended to aiid a">,w -be gentleman leave on a morning train,'Mr. Roll went with him to the office of the assistant postmaster-general, having charge this part of the rural syn- tom’s mrll business, and tha matter was arranged before the two retired. On that trip out In the night air, Mr. Bell caught cold and came near being laid In bed. When here yesterday he wai very hoarse and suffering eon- Jlderabty with the cold. While here Mr. Hell was busy much of the time with matters pertaining to tbe establishment of new rural routes In different part* df the dis trict. petitions for changes in routes, advising as to what course to pursue Mr. Belt, It will be remembered, took- forenlost position In the fight for Increase of tbe salaries of car rlers, and he Is doing a great service extending rural routes and Improving tbe service. Other matters-which Interest his people, came up, and It was a pleas ure for Mr. Bell lo discuss the doings of Congress with all the Inquiring ones. Mr. Joseph C. Mygatt, for Forty Years With Ta! madge Brothers, Died Yesterday. Yesterday morning about 9:15 o'clock Mr. Joseph C. Mygatt dropped dead iu the store ot Talmadge Brothers on Clayton street. He had been In fall ing health for some time but never gave up and was constantly at bit post of duty in the wholesale store here he had been a member of the force for forty years. While walking back towrd the rear door yesterday morning he was seen to stop and sink lo the floor, when, he was reached by others In the store and laid upon counter he expired in a moment, never speaking after stroke which suddenly called his spirit hence. Heart disease was the cause of bis death. ' Mr. Mygatt .was Bfty-eght years age. He wai a native of Monticelio but hie father, who In early life wa* a sea cnptaln, moved to Athens when his son, Joseph, was quite young, that he deceased had been a resident of this city most of his life. He leaves a wife, who la a sister of Mr. James Booth of this city, an aged mother, Mrs. A. E. Mygatt,'and one son, Sir. T. Mygatt, who la a traveling sales man for the firm with rirhlcji his fath er had been connected foi* four de cades. Mr. Mygatt was a cousin Major Talmadfe. He waa also rela ted and connected with several other families in Athens. Mr. Mygatt was a member of the Prince Avenue’ Presbyterian church and #as honorable, honest and always loyal to hit friends. Hundreds will mourn his death Is a personal be reavement. The funeral will be conducted from the late residence on Prince avenue this morning at 10 o’clock, Rev. S. Cartledge preaching the sermon ano the Interment will take place at Oco nee cemetery. “Two bottles Cured My • Rheumatism” RAZIL OFFERS GREAT Rim (1PP0RTIINITIFR UUullltuu Ul I till I Util IILU Export Cotton Goods Trifle With Brazil is id Stale d! Prospective Increas. Atlanta, Ga.,'' March 14.—Informa tion obtained by the Southern Rail way Company from tbe United State* Bureau of Manufactures, shows that during the six months ended June 30, 1910,' the total Imports Into Bra- zll of manufactures ot cottbil amount ed to $8,196,415, while tbe Imports from the United 8thtes Into Brazil of tl)e same articles afiiountd to oifty 8245,265, or only 2.9 per cent of tbe total. While the Imports from the United States Into -Brasil of manu factures of cotton for the period named Increased $41,639, or 20.4 per cent over the same period of the pro year, $245,265 teems very small comparison with tbe total Imports Y these goods into Brazil. It will thus be seen that Brazil of fers a splendid field for a healthy ex pansion of tbe export cotton goods trade and the, and the favorable gee- graphical location of the Southern mills with reference to tbe Brasilian market would seem to give them spe cial advantage. In this connection, It may not b* generally known that the .Unite* States la the best customer Brazil has. The total Imports Into the Untied States from that country aver age about $100,009,000 per year, while the exports from the United States Brazil average less than $30,000, C00 per year. 0«R IS ROW TAKING BIS TIME On (he Case of the Pardon of (be Rawlins Boys, Investi gating Thoroughly. Atlanta, Ga., March 14.—If the three Rawlins boys, Milton, Jesse and Leonard, who are serving life sen tences for the murder of the Carter children in Lcwndet county about six years ago, are pardoned at all, It will some time before they secure tbelr freedom. Governor Brown stated today that bad as yet done nothing with the case and that be would take bis time tl, going Into every detail very carefully before deciding whether he ran consistently let the boys go. In (act, John R. Cooper, of Macon, attorney for the Rawlins boys, |pld governor he would prefer to have him take all the time he wanted rather than' jeopardize the case ot clients by any hasty consideration. However, Governor Brown will have act within tbe next three months, though- It Is likely be will cpme to tome conclusion before that time. Governor’s Brown’s term of office will end at 12 o'clock on July 1, when j Hoke Smith will succeed him. “ I have been a suf ferer tram rheumatism for about two years, and have used many lini ments and patent medi cines which gave me no relief. A lady friend of mine told me she had used your Liniment and found relief at once. I got two bottles.and they cured me. I think it is the best Liniment a person can have in the house. I shall always keep a bottle in my house as long as I can get it"—Mrs. E. R. Wallace, Mormons, Va. Another Letter. Mas. James McGraw, of 1216 Maodeville St.,New Orleans,La., writes;— «I take pleasure in writing to you that 1 had a pain in my arm for five years, and 1 used LINIMENT for one week and was completely cured, highly.” I recommend your Liniment very Sloan’s Liniment instantly relieves stiffness of the Joints, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Sprains, Neuralgia, Sciatica and Lumbago. Better and cheaper than porous plasters. At All Drtif gists. Price 25c., 50c, end $1.00 Sloan's Treat loo on tha Nona font Free. Addroas DR. EARL S. SLOAN, BOSTON, MASS. Oh Lot 60x70 are 59 Fowls, 150 Pigeons, 10 Ducks and a Cow Secretary W. T. Forbes of the Ath- cus Y. M. C. A. has been doing some other things besides training the young men and • the boyu In the va- rloua lines of Y. M. C, A. endeavor. He has made a fine demonstration of what a man with a small lot can do In raising profitable feathered prod ucts. He bis a lot at hts home tin t Is sixty by seventy feet In size. On that lot there are forty pullets and five cocks of tbe finest White Leg horn chickens to be found anywhere Jr the state; a drove pf aboutfa dozen of beautifully marked Indian' Runner ducks, a hundred and fifty homer pigeons, and a good cow. October a year ago Mr. Forbes bought twelve hens and two cocks of the pure White Leghorn strain from the famous Kim ball farm, W. V. Zimmer’s place. From that lot he haa supplied his table with eggs and has in the past four months eaten sixty-five young roost er*. He has sold quite a neat amount's worth of eggs for setting- getting $1.50 a dozen for them. He lias raised ducks for his table sad haa sold quite a number betides selling dozens of the Indian Runner eggs for $2 a dozen for totting. He has liter ally feasted op squab—fay squab on -toast is now the mode among th- tourist hotels and fia$ as ready market and a muchrhlgher price than quail. He has aold a number of mated patrm ot birds for $2 a pair. Loring Brown, the Georgia authority on fowls, say* that tha chickens, chickens, ducks and pigeon* of Mr. Forbes are Just About the finest he has seen anywhere—and be has been expert Judge for poultry shows far years. Mr. Forbes Is planning to greatly enlarge hit facilities and go Into the raising of chickens, docks and pigeons for market on a large scale. There is good money and splendid Intereet in the business, either as fancier or commercial rais er. What Mr. Fbrbes has done on this little'city lot hundred* of othet, enn and should do. Died at Sixty Years of Age; Had Never Seen a Game of Baseball •Mr. Joe Mygatt, whose sudden detth occurred In the place of busi ness of Talmadge Brothers yesterday, was an unusual man In many respects. He bad been with tbe firm for forty years and there was never a member of any buainess force who was more highly esteemed nor one who more perfectly deserved the appreciation he received. He was nearly sixty y ears Of age and had lived In Athens, university city for tbe greater part |ji of hit life—a city where th* entire population more or leas unanimously has to get Interested In athroties and especially baseball and football games. Mr. Mygatt seeing th* uni formed boys of the ball team pus along the street just tha afternoon before bis death be remarked: ”1 am uearly three score years old and I have never In my life seen n game of ateball or football.” Sort of English Ambassador Reid Bride from Old Wisconsin Family Racine, Wis., March 14.—A email but distinguished company of guests attended the wedding here today ot Miss Helen Rogers, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Talbot Rogers, and Mr. Og den Mills Rfcid, of New York, son of Mr. Whltflaw Reid, American am bassador to England, and Mrs. Reid. The ceremony took place in the chap- of Racine College, Canon B. Talbot Rogers, ot Fon du Lac, an uncle of the bride, officiated. The beat man and ushers were farmer classmates the bridegroom at Yale. The bride cornea rrdm an old Wis consin family, that la known for the number of Episcopal clergymen and bishops it. Yus produced. She ires graduated from Barnard College and took n post-graduate coune at that Instiiutloil in 1903-04. On the day of her graduation she accepted an ap pointment as private secretary to Mrs. Reid and she baa since made her home with the Reids abroad. Mr. Reid Is twenty-eight year* eld and la a director and secretary of th* Tribune Association In New York. He Is a Yale graduate, class of 1904, and also a graduate ot the Yale Law 8cnoo! and a member of the New York bar. Abell*, N. Y. Player, Hit by Two Balls at the Same Time An strident occurred at Stalling Park yesterday afternoon while the New York American hall team was practicing which will not be duplica ted In a hundred years moat likely. bile several ct the players were batting and throwing in practice, Abelle, the Texas pitcher, was about catch a ball thrown back to him. tbe instant nothar ball was throws another player standing near Abells. -Tbo second ball slipped and was beaded for Abells. Somebody shouted to him and ha took bjs eye off the ball bo was bout to catch for ,the fraction of a second. Both balls hit him—one on tbo right aide of tbs face and ths other on the left side ot tbe face sad both nt precisely th* same instant. Neither ball had much speed, but either would bare Inflicted n slight hurt. Both striking him gave him quite a painful punch, n gash be ing cut In bit Up. Medical attention ana quickly secured and Abells wHI toon be all right gala.