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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1*11. THE ATHENS BANNER H. J. ROWE, Editor and Proprietor. THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER delivered by carriera In the city, mailed, poetage free, to any addreee at the following ratee: *5.00 per year; *2.90 for six’months; *1.25 for three month*, or 10 cento a week. Baron D'Estournelles must not have a very good opInlOR of American weather. The day be arrived Washington he was met by a bill zard and almost succumbed to the grip. It la said that President Taft will Insist on the Dias government mak Ing changes in the Mexican cabinet and bringing about certain reforms through which peace may be restored In Mexico. 0 The Canadian reciprocity agree ment will be made effective when congress iqpets. The Democrats will stand for this measure and there will be enough Republican votes to assist In putting It through the senate. The 11. S. Naval officials are go ing to use the old battleship Texas c o test the power of the modern shells on the armor of ships. And tblnk that the noble old vessel thst helped win the battle of Santiago Boy la to -be used for such purposes 0 A bronze bust of the late Charles D. Hill Is to be set up in the .Fulton county court house, where for many years he was the able, impartial and fearless representative of the ma jesty of the la win the position of so licitor general. This will be a lit ting tribute to a great lawyer and splendid citizen. The returns from forty-eight postal savings banka that have been in op eration since January 1st are such to cause Postmaster General Hitch cock to be quite optimistic ns to the future of the new banking system. He will take steps as soon as possl bit to extend the workings of the new system to a number of other cities. 0 If the report Is true that Booker Washington made Improper remarks to a lady in New York, for which he was chastised by pn Irate husband and later on arrested by tho police authorities, then the Influence of that negro educator Is about gone In this part of the country. Washington strenuously denies the charges against him. 1 0 : President Taft does not wish con gress to take any action looking to the revision of the tariff until the ta»> 13 board makes Its report. This would cause much delay in enacting tariff legislation and it is. not believed that the Democrats will follow this direc tion of the president. The Democrats are getting ready to put through tariff measure that will give the peo ple relief and that la what the peo ple are calling for. Congress ought to know what -to do and It the mem bers of congress do not know then there should be men sent to congress who do know. — 0 The educational train comes to Ath ens Friday. It was decided that the people of this city should have an op portunity to see The train and hear some of the lectures and Friday Is tbe dsy set for tbe stop here. - The peo ple of Athens should turn out by the thousands. This will be their only chance to see this train and.to hear these leetpres for the tour of -the train comes to an end Saturday. Ain- ens should turn out en masse to see the trafn for through this agency this city has been better advertised than It has ever been before and as a re suit of tbe Interest that has been stirred up In farming and the State College of Agriculture, this olty will be greatly benellted through tbe pros perity that will come to the great ed ucatlonal institution In our midst. TWO DAYS IN THE LAND OF SUN8HINE Lor Angeles, Cal., March 20..—CoL Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by his family, is due to arrive in this city tosiorrow morning and will spend two days In this vicinity. Amoug the features of his visit for which ar rangements have been concluded will be a luncheon with Governor John son and some of the Progressive lead ers of California ,a lecture at the Tbroop Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena, and an address to be de livered In Los Angeles Wednesday night at a mass meeting under the auspices of the City Club and the Re publican State Central committee. From Los Angeles Colonel Roosevelt will go to San Francisco. - CENTENARY OF L’AIGLON. Paris, -March 2d—Today marked the centennial anniversary of the birth of Napoelon It., one of the most pa thetic figures In French history. The only son -of Napoleon I. and Maria Louisa, archduchess of Austria, the Uttls prince was decreed to be term ed Napoleon L upon his accession to tbe throne of France, which event sns destined never to take place/ In his infkncy he was styled King of Rome and after tbe abdication of his father he was nude Duke of Reich stadt, in Austria. His brief life was passed at the palace of gchoenbrunnh where he died at tbe age of twenty- one, a victim of consumption. JUDGE SPEER’S TRIBUTE TO OOLETHORPE. Georgia has no grea'er orator than Kmory Speer and that gifted Georgian never delivered an oration more eloquent than that he delivered a few even ings since In Savannah, In which he paid tribute to the memory of James ward Oglethorpe, the* founder of Georgia. The peroration of Judge Speer’s address was most beautiful. His conclud Ing.,words were: » “To me he la one of the most Interesting and ennobling charac ters of Whom the annals of time give an account. He did not live for himself, but for others. It has been the unvarying custom of all na tions who possessed a worthy past or hopeful future to Illumine tne mind and evolve the patriotism of their young men, by the storied marble and enduring bronze, which commemorate the virtues of their heroes, their benefactors, their statesmen, and their philosophers. The wooded heights of Mount Hvmettus cast their shadows on count less statues chiseled by the genius of Gre-Ian sculpture, perpetuating to the youth of Athens, the great who lived and died for the City of the Violet Crown. Op the rock, hallowed by the foot of the patriot, when he sprang from the. bark Of Gesler, stands the statue of William Tell. In the dim religious light of the cathedral In Inspruck, the p'eaa- ant of the Tyrol may drop the tea^f piety and patriotism, at the monumental shrine consecrated to the memory ot Andrew Hotter; and when the first light of the morning sun glorifies the white dome and marble porticos of the capltol at Waahlngton, with equal ray It casts on the placid bosom of the Potomac the shadow of that towering mon ument—erected by Americans who commemorated the love and venera tion, which will forever animate them for the Father of His Country. Here In the beautiful city he founded, on the soli of the state he made possible, the love-locks of the cavalier falling on his broad shoulders, graceful. Inspiring, his stainless blade In band, looking aouthward where dwelt his foe, he seems to live and breathe to guard the people whom he served and loved. Illustrious, Immortal name! "Tby great example aball thro' ages shine, A favorite theme with poet and divine, To all unborn tby merits shall proclaim, And add new honors to thy deathless name.” / .A BRITISH-AMERICAN ALLIANCE. President Taft is heartily In favor of a stronger alliance between Great Britain and the .United States of America, an alliance tbat would be of inch great strength that its Influence In tbe movement towards universal peace would be far-reaching. x The suggestion of the president has met with s cordial response on the part of the British, both in Parliament and nmong the mnsses of the people. The English view as expressed by Sir Edward Grey, Is tbat President Taft favors an amendment to the existing treaty that would bring about the remov. al of tbat clause wherein It Is provided tbst questions Involving tbe bonor the two nations are not to be submitted to arbitration. If such a provision shouid be Inserted In the treaty, all questions between Great Britain and tbe United States, of whatsoever nature, would be submitted to arbitration and war between these two nations would henceforth become impossible. Tbe English press Is very optimistic In Its comments upon the proposed alllsnce. The Evening Standard believes if thes^ two governments should agree tbat tbe armaments of one should be available to resist an attqck upon tbe other, there could be no more danger from aggression in either the Atlan tic or Pacific regions. Other papers express the hope that ibis great move ment of the English speaking people toward peace will go forward and prosper. In aplte of the tendency of tbe greater powers to Increase tbelr naval arm aments year by year and to make more thorough their preparations for war, there la nererthelesa a distinct movement toward peace In many directions. Arbitration of international disputes Is becoming jnore ettd more the fashion and nations fire learning the lesson’that tbe judgment of n tribunal of arbitra tion la much less costly and in most cases more satisfactory than the arbitra ment of the sword. If the custom of submitting in arbitration questions in volving tbe honor of natTons is once established, the path to universal arbitra tion and unlve-raal peace will be pretty well played out. TO IMPROVE THE BRELD OF MEN. - H hai teen amply demonstrated that plant* and animals may be bred to a higher degree of strength and efficiency through tbe use of scientific meth ods of breeding. Along the same line of thought, it is contended that the race of men can he bred to higher standards and made more virile and more effi dent. Prof. McKeeven, of Kausas, aays: "I want to see that great citizen, Mr. Carnegie put down another ten million dollars for the elimination ot della quenoy through scientific race breeding. A fund St five hundred thousand year would set some ot the master minds of the world M work upon the prob lem ot man building. Better as a mode of defense than all the Dreadnaghts money could build would be the development ot virility In the race through selective marriage and a better training of the young.” The plan of Prof. McKeeven haa been auggested before. He Is simply one of a constantly enlarging number of scientific men who tre advancing tbe argument tbst the advancement of the human race depends upon tbe weeding out of the unfit. Now and then a new law on the subject la enacted, but prog ress Is alow and It may be centuries before mankind reaches s point where this plen will be generally adopted. While the greet mess of people look with disfavor upon end movement that Interferes with tbe right of the citizen to contract marriage as he pleases even though the union may result In the continuation of e line of unfit people, there Is no doubt but that there Is e growth of sentiment among those who have given study to the question In favor of e more stringent lews as to mar riage. ' The present generation will witness little. If any, change In the lews re lating to marriage, the next generation may witness little change, but aa tbe world goes forward In favor of the elimination of the pbyslcislly, mentally end morally unfit. THE OEORQIA COTTON MILLS. Georgia has quite a number of cotton mills end they have, se e rule, been prosperous Industrial Institutions. But the number of spindles In- Georgia is not as large ss it should be, when comparison Is made with the progress of other Southern 8tates in this direction. Prior to the civil war the number of iplndtes In Georgia exceeded the ag gregate number ot spindles in North Caroline and South Caroline. Today It Is quits different. Georgia now has s little less than two million spindles while South Carolina end Nortth Carolina have an aggregate of more than seven mlb lion spindles. The state of Georgia produces almost two million bales of cotton per an num, being the second largest cotton producing state In the South. Tbs two Carolina produce less cotton than they conume. Here we have the very best grads of cotton right st tbe doors of tbe cotton mills, tbe best climate, ample water power end sbundsst labor. Georgians should bo up and doing. Tbe greatest possible encouragement should be given to capitalists to Invest tbelr money in Industries In this state. There is no reason why Georgia should lsg behind in this race for more and larger cotton mills. Another decade should witness a great change in tbsss comparative fig ures and tbs day should soon come when Georgia wilt manufacture on bar own soli every hsle of cotton from her farms. , ~ _ FARMERS AT WORK ON DEFINITE LINES. The farmers of the state have been for the past few year* enthused over the work of the State College of Agriculture, and now that enthusiasm haa turned Into definite earnest work on their part toward the betterment of rural conditions. This la the Judgment of Dr. Andiew M. Soule, president the college, who has had much experience In this line of work and who has noted carefully how the farmers of the state have taken up the new lines work that have been suggested. It is also noted by Dr Soule, who speaks In connection with the great ceptlon that has been given the educational trafn all over* the state, that tbe business and manufacturing interests of the state have at last realized fully that the Interests of thd farmers must be subserved If their own Interests are to prosper. The Atanta Journal, commenting on these observations of Dr. Soule, sayi Here are two significant and gratifying observations. Da Soule speaks from extensive experience when he says that the merely in spirational and formative era of better farming methods in Georgia has been superceded by a definite and earnest effort to put scientific methods ir.to practice. That this Is true Is witnessed by the manner In which the educational train of the Btate college of agriculture has been received throughout Georgia on this tour. Its original trip sev- eral years ago aroused much curiosity and enthusiasm, but the present expedition has met with the most thoughtful and discerning Interest. The people understand now precisely what the educational train and the Institution It represents mean. They appreciate the specific val ues of up-to-date farming. Hence the results of this tour will be rich not only In an awakened zeal, but also In applied knowledge and bet- te ’ crops. In addition to this important fact, Dr. Soule observes that the towns and cities as well as the rural districts are keenly Interested In the college on wheels. Every community into which the train has gone has given It a cordial and widely representative welcome. Citi zens at large, regardless of their business or profession, have shown themseves appreciative of tho movement ior agricultural develop ment. Herein lies one ot the truly golden promises Of Georgia's advance ment. The progress of the state is ultimately to be measured by the net value of Its crops. Upon the soil, rests the welfare of commerce and Industry and all our business activities. It means a vast deal, there fore, that merchants and bankers and business men generally have awakened to the truth if this fact and are joining with the farmers to promote every enterprise that makes for the betterment of agricultur al conditions. Whatever helps or hinders the farm Is of vital concern to every citizen. Thiz has always been true. It Is now being recognized as such. The threatened invasion of the boll weevil has organized the business men In scores and hundreds of towns to Join with the farm er In fighting this pest. Many alert chambers of commerce and boards of trade are strengthening their work by securing members from among the farmers of the neighboring country.. This Is as it should be. For the Interests of urban and rural com- munltles are after all Inseparable. The growth of a town depends In large measure, If not altogether, on the prosperity of the farms that surround It while the welfare of the farm Itself requires the support of the town. One of the broadest advantages that will arise from the present tour of the agricultural train lathis increased spirit-of co-operation betw^l the city and tho country. It means a friendlier, n wealthier and a more progressive state. 4 — 4 THE QROWTH OF CIVIL SERVICE. The twenty-seventh annual report of the United States Civil Service Com- mission shows remarkable progresa In the work of bringing the merit system more and more Into play In fllljpg the Important governmental offices through out the country. As the years have passed, the inefficiency and unsatisfactory nature of the spoils system havo been apparent and the people have come to regard the civil service system as lndlspcnslble to the efficient administration of government. Under this system of merit, the efficiency of the employees of the govern msnt has been Increased, more satisfactory work has been done and money has been thereby saved. Year by year the civil service rules arc being extended to enhance more and more offices. The tendency Is distinctly towards the adoption of the merit system wherever it can be effectively applied. The civil service commission is now recommending legislation to permit the classification of first, second and third class postmasters and supports earnestly the recommendation of the president that congress gave him the power to classify all local officers whose appointments are now subject to confirmation by the senate, favoring the classification of all except those responsible for the policy of the administra tion. President Taft Is a great advocate of civil service extension and has put his Ideas In practical form by making the civil service requirements applicable in n number of Instance* to conaular and diplomatic positions. DEMAND FOR MORE RESIDENCES. With tbe coming of tbe spring there Is s decided resumption of building operations In Athens. The demand for business buildings and for residences Is Increasing now and there Is every reason to look for a very busy seison In tbe building line. All over tbe city new buildings are being erected and all of them have been rented before the bcglninng of work upon tbelr construction. This Is a bealtby sign. For the past five years there has been a demand In Athens for more build ings than could be erected. Tbe population has steadily Increased and the business Interests have enlarged. Workmen have bad sn abundance of em- ployment and tbs lumber yards and brick plants have been kept busy. Tbe demand for new residences has never abated. There Is still room for tbs Investment of money In residence property at a good profit. People are moving to Athens to engage In business or to educate tbelr children. They have to have residences In wblch to live and rooms In which to conduct tbelr business. Hence the demand does not decrease. Athens bis reached that point where there is no danger of retrogression Real estate In this city will not take s back step and the Invester Is safe In placing his money In houses and land In tbe Clastic City. 4 ■ — ■ " 1 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. It Is not Improbable that a donation will be mode by tbe Peabody Board of Trusteea for tbe purpose of providing s splendid building on the campus of the University of Georgia for tbe School ot Education of tbst Institution. Such a proposition has been discussed for some time, but for one reason or soother tho appropriation has been delayed. It Is considered practically certain that this will be done at no distant date. The Peabody Board of Trustees could not spend money to s better advan tage. Tbe need for such s building Is apparent and when the building Is pro vided the University will no doubt Increase the number of teachers In thst de partment and make Its work much more effective. Tbe work ot tho School of Education Is now first-class, but If its benefits ore to reach Into every quarter ot tbe state, then tbe scope of this school must extended and its facilities enlarged. The School of Education In the Uni versity of Georgia should be developed Into tbe great teachers college ot tho South. Ws have no doubt but that this will bo achieved st no distant date. Tbe Southern teacher sbonld have within his reach In the South a groat finish ing college. Thera Is no better place for this Institution than bars In Athens a part of ths University of Georgia. INCREASED PAYROLLS ARE COMINQ. Nothing can give greeter impetus to the business development of a city than Increasing pay rolls. The establishment of Industrial plants that provi-i* these pay rolls Is a prime requisite to tbe advancement of tbe business inter ests of a community. In fart there are no dull times in tbe community whe.* thousands of dollar* are turned loose even' Saturday night among the artisans and laborers to find their way Into all the channels of brsines.-i -Athens Is just now on the eve of a great industrial development. The completion of the James WhKe Power Plant at Barnett Shoals haa placed ef fective motive power In Athens to be utilized by new manufactories and that all this power will be taken up at no distant date there can be no doubt. The utilization of this power means many pay roll* and large ones at that. There are now, In process ot organization one or more industrial compa. nles that wl" mean much for the development of the city when they are fully launched. One of these companies will represent an Increase In capital stock of eight hundred with a corresponding Increase In output and pay roll. The successful completion of the organization of this company Is only the queition of a few months. Foreign Investors have their eyes open to the advantages offered by this city la the manufacturing line and the opportunity thus presented for the In vestment of their money most satisfactorily will not be allowed to go unim proved. • The campaign of the business leaders of Athens should be towards secur ing more Industries and more pay rolls. They will bring more people, more money and more business. 4 RAISING HIQH SCHOOL COURSES. The special committee ot tbe Georgia Educational Association, charged with the duty of making recommendations for a revision of the course of studr for Georgia High Schools, is now busily engaged In it* work. The report will be submitted to tbe Georgia Educational Association at tho annual meeting that Is to be held in Macon next montb. It bas only been during the past few years tbat much systematic work has been done towards Improving the high schools of tbe state, but It Is now recognized thnt the high schools must be brought to tbe highest standsrd of efficiency It the common schools and the colleges are to do their work most efficiently. The University of Georgia, especially through Its department ot Second ary Education, bas done most effective work In raising the standard of the high schools In this state. The work done by this Institution was practically pioneer work, but it. has had Its effect In the splendid Improvement or bun- dreds of schools. The people In every pnrt of tbe state are thoroughly aroused on this subject and a number of counties have already taken advantage of the contltutlonal amendment recently passed, allowing counties to levy's local tax for the support of the high school. Trained educators recognize the need for a more perfect course of study In the high schools, a course thnt will meet the requirements of tbe children who go from the high school to college and also those whose education ends with high school. Much effective work has been done in this direction and the Georgia Edu cational Association will be able to do much more effective work In this di rection. Ever” possible Improvement will be made In the high school course pf study and as the high school rises In efficiency the other departments will likewise become more efficient. 4 4 THE COLD STORAQb PROPOSITION. Cold storage Is a wonderful help and at the same time ia great curie to the people. The cold storage business has been so badly abused and the peo ple have been forced to eat foods tbst have been held In storage for years un til tbe point has been reached where tbe people are demanding s revision of the law on this subject and a more careful supervision of the cold storage plants. Tbat a man should eat an egg tbat had been In cold storage for five or six years Is a condition of affairs tbat will not longer be tolerated If the people can get at the law makers and ths courts In s way that will bring about better laws and the enforcement of tho laws wc have. Says the New Orleans States on this subject: Tbe state of New York is In a fair way to take the lead in the regulation of the cold storage business. K bill boa been passed br the lower house of the legislature wblch Is so just to the public nnd yet so conservative In Its provisions that It will probably become u law. The meaaure does not Interfere In any way with the legitimate uses of cold storage, but simply provides that foods going Into storage shall be dated and may not be? kept longer than six months without permission ot tbe State Health Department. The bill also requires that agents of the department shall have access to the warehouses to see that the law Is enforced and the places kept In a cleanly manner. There should be no objection to this moderate regulation of the cold storage plants, for no one cares to eat food taken from a dirty warehouse, or food that baa been stored •o long tbat It Is not fit for human use. Moreovd*, no customer Wants to be deprived of tbe benefit of tbe cheapening of foods by overpro duction through tbe storagb of them for a period of two or three years. 4 — *4 HIGH TRIBUTE TO WOODROW WILSON. The suggestion that Woodrow Wilson be nominated for tbe presidency by the democrats do not all come from the South. In fact, he la being put for ward by Northern leaders of thought with equal enthusiasm, and the strongest Indication that he Is the coming man la the fact tbat Northern men of ability, sweeping aside the fact that he is a Virginian by birth and training, are en thusiastic in their admiration and firm In tbelr belief that the democratic par ty can render us no greater service to t he nation than by naming him for the presidency. Prominent among those who are Insisting that Woodrow Wilson receive tbe democratic nomination is George Harvey, editor of Harper’s Weekly. He s noted publicist and a man who keeps In close touch with public affairs. His opinion is not always Justified by events but as a rule, It Is worthy of care ful consideration, i Colonel Harvey says of the Distinguished governor ot New Jersey: "Had he lived In the early days of the republic he would have ranked well along with Jefferson and Madison in statesmanship. He Is to my mind the man of the hour. This is being demonstrated dally In tbe office he now holds.” Colonel Hsrvey la of the opinion tbat one of the first things the democrats have to learn Is tbat they are now responsible to the people and thst the ut terance* of their leaders In congress will be charged up against them. Ho considers Mr. Underwood the best man to direct tariff legislation who hai| been in congres since the days of William L. Wilson. If the democrats avail themselves of the opportunities now presented and make no ridiculous mistakes. Col. Harvejr.lt of tbe opinion tbat the democracy will be able to tend Woodrow Wilson to tbe White House In 1*12. The editor of Harper's Weekly bas mode no mistake In sizing up tbe able and conservative governor of New Jersey. The democrats of the South will glad to give tbelr support to Woodrow Wilson for president and if be is satisfactory to s fair proportion of tbs Northern democracy he can be nomi nated, and under favorable circumstances can be elected. OHIO ELECTION PROBE RESUMED West Union, 0., March 20.—Judge Z. Blsfr today reopend his court for the further hearing ot the election fraud esses, wblch already have re sulted In the disfranchisement of s majority of tho voters ot Adams county. t "Foley's Honey and Tsr Is tbs best cough remedy I ever need ss R quick ly stopped a severe cough that had long troubled ms.” says J. W. Kuhn. Princeton, Nebr. Just so quickly and surely It acts In sit cases of coughs, colds, Isgrippe end lung trouble. Re* toss sub-itltutes. For sals by alt drag* (fists. X