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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, MAR 31, 1911.
WILL BE ORGANIZED HERE
Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last Night at the City
Hall. Many Ladies Present. Permanent Organ*
ization will be Perfected. Committee Ap*
pointed to Suggest Officers and By*Laws.
Just at this time "chickens" is the
absorbing subject to many citizens
In this city. No subject has attrac-
ted more interest among a larger per
rentage of the people than has the
poultry association which is now be
ing agitated.
For several weeks the Athens pa
pers have carried considerable space
in tbelr news columns on poultry and
poultry raising. The Interest has
been aroused and the people are In
terested in the great poultry show
which is to be held here this fall.
Pursuant to a call, published by
Col. C. M. Snelllns, for a meeting
Inst night at the city hall of those
Interested In poultry raising or breed
ing, a large number of citizens were
present. In the audienoe were a num
ber of ladies bsides many your.g boys
who are Interested in the Industry.
They came for the purpose of show
ing their interest in the -movement
end their desire to learn more about
poultry raising by exchanging Ideas
and giving experiences in the poultry
raising business.
it was a representative gathering
of citizens who mean business, and.
are intereted heart and soul in their
work.
The meeting wes called to order
hy Col. C. M. Snelllng, who outlined
in interesting remarks the object of
the meeting and the purpose of those
present.
immediately after his remarks, on
motion Col. Snelllng was elected
chairman of the meeting and Mr. W.
Forbes, secretary, and at once those
piesent entered into an exchange of
experiences and much information
was derived from the remarks made
by those who have made the poultry
raising business s study.
Editor Gardner, of the Clarke Coun
ty Courier, was the llrsi one to be
called upon by the chairman. He
advocated* the organization of tbs
poultry association and the holding
of tho poultry show here this fall He
thought that the opportunities were
great for a successful show here and
recited the Interest manifested by
many citizens to him since the asso
ciation had been suggested.
Those who spoke on .the poultry
subject were: Col. E. K. Lumpkin
Mr. H. D. Marbutt, Mr. J. II. Mapp
Dr. S. H. Dilliard, Mr. C. A. Rowland,
Mr. J. C. Jester, Prof. A. Rhodes, Col,
E. L. Griggs, Mr. Landis, of the State
College of Agriculture; Mr. W.
Weatherford, Mr. A. V. Clifton, Mr.
R. E. Bradbury, Mr. H. P. Lawrence,
Dr. T. E. Jago, Dr. J. W. Murphy,
government expert, and Mayor H. C.
Rowe.
The meeting was enthusiastic
throughout and much good resulted
from the gathering. The organiza
tion of an association was decided
upon, and a committee of six, includ
ing the chairman of the meeting, will
by appointed by the chairman to se
lect officers and formulate by-laws
for the association.
A meeting will be called within a
few days for the purpose of receiv
ing tho report of the committee and
then permanent organization will be
perfected and work will be com
menced at once for the successful
holding of a great poultry show here
this fall.
A premium list will be printed at
once and mailed to thousands
chicken fanciers in this and other
stales, nnd the Athens Poultry As
sociation will enter upon its first
year of existence with the brightest
prospects for a magnificent success.
If you are Interested In poultry
raising, you should become a mem
ber of the association. Over fifty
citizens enrolled their names last
night, and they will become charter
members Just as soon as the associa
tion has been organized.
The Banner will devote a pag<
each week to poultry news and all
communications for this department
should be addresed to Mrs. Louise L.
Upson, who is conducting the depart
ment.
ARE ECCLESIASTICAL DEACONS EX-OFFICIO
MARSHALS WHO ARRESTING AUTHORITY ?
Yesterday morning two very sober
and earnest colored citizens applied
to Ordinary Wingfield, of this county,
to be appointed by order of the court
of ordinary as marshals to have ju
risdiction over the membership or
Mount Sinai Baptist church. In
Clarke county, and arrest all persons
they find gambling, selling liquor o»
"rogue-lng.”
The ordinary failed to find any
warrant In law for such orders or
appointments and asked the men for
an explanation. In good faith they
informed the ordinary that a lawyer
had told them that any deacon in the
church has under the law a right '
arrest persons and detain them for
as long as twenty-four hours even
without a warrant; that whenever a
majority of the deacons of a congre
gation selected a member or two
members of their board as marshals
and so signified In writing to the or
dinary that the Judge can Issue i
ordor from his court giving them
legal authority'to perform the offices
of n marshal, bailiff, policeman and
guard In the bounds of tho member
ship of the church whose board
deacons so recommends them f>
official position. The pair with their
recommendation properly signed by
a majority of the deacons of Mt. Si
nai Baptist church, were much die-"
appointed that the otdinary could not
find the authority to appoint' them,
hut referred them to some other law
yer than the one who had first ad
vised them.
Dr. Broughton’s Tabernacle
Finds Display Ads Profitable
Atlanta, Ga., March
advertising in the newzpapers to
swell a church congregation is rather
a new feature, at least in the South;
but Rev. J. W. Ham, assistant pastor
of the Baptist Tabernacle ot this
city. Is authority for the statement
that it pays.
A few months ago the Baptist Tab
ernacle, which is pteslded over by
Dr. Len G. Broughton, who, by the
way, has had more than an ordinary
fair share of advertising in the news
columns of local and state papers,
decided to try an advertising stunt
with a view to bringing more people
out to church.
"We have found that it pays and
pays well,” said Rev. Mr. Ham in
discussing the subject
28, Display service at the church. The results
'have been magnificent. On occa
sions the crowds have increased re
markably and there have been times
when nearly as many as 2,000 peo
ple could not get Into the church on
account of a lack of seating capacity.
"Another noteworthy result from
advertising is the increase in the
Sunday collections. On specially ad
vertised occasion 3 we have known
the collections to triple and even
uuadruple.
“This kind of advertising appeals
to the popular mind,'* continued Mr.
Ham, "in a simple and direct man
ner. It ia an appeal that Is In many
instances irresistible; Ve propose to
push it.
"Some churches need It mighty
"Publicity bad. If I had an indifferent or' dying
helps any Institution, church or what-j church. 1 w au-.d get busy wllh d,.-
not, and we have additional evidence play advertizing. We hove more than
of this fact since we b?ve been plac-, proven the efficacy of -
mg regular d.sp.ay advertisement. ter of fact the_ Tabernacle doe. rnR
Yesterday Sanitary Offi
cers Killed Another An*
imal with Aggravated
Casj of R^bi.s.
The sanitary officers yesterday
killed another mad dog near the
Stale Normal school, an animat
vhich by every symptom was in a
fietcely hydrophobic condition, snap
ping at and biting other dogs und
rear a group of little children when
the officers found him and dis
patched the ferocious and poisonous
beast.
Several dogs which had been bitten
by the rabid animal were also found
and killed with as little unnecessary
pain to the dumb brutes and as little
undue excitement for the residents
as possible.
This killing of yesterday is the
tiiird or fourth of a similar nature in
the past few days in Athens. Sev
eral dogs which have been known
to be .mad have been killed; at the
same time or on the same day a num
ber of dogs which had been bitten
were also put out of the way of do
ing harm.
There will likely be more cases—
it is practically impossible for the
officers to know of every dog bitten
by a hydrophobic animal and other
dogs will likely be affected. The
officers ask that citizens co-operate
with them in all possible ways to
prevent mad doga rrom running at
large. If citizens have to sacrifice
a pet dog It will be infinitely better
than the danger from the horrors of
hydrophobia should a little child be
bitten.
Many are muzzling their dogs vol
untarily and urging others who have
doga, large doga or little pet lap dogs,
to muzzle them till the danger from
the present epidemic Is over at any
rate.
CHINAMAN 10 WORKED IH AN ATHENS LAUNDRY
GRIEVED TO DEATH FDR LOVE OF A PRINCESS
(Special to The Banner.)
Atlanta, Ga., March 28.—A lover of
a royal princess, an honored soldier
in the army of the Chinese emperor,
Jin Sing an exlie from his native
land, under sentence of death there,
ulc-d of a broken heart Saturday night
in' this city, still longing for his native
land and the princess for love ot
whom he had been forced to leave
the Land of the Sunflower.
When a young man, he was one of
the soldiers in t!\e Imperial court,
Young, handsome, and blessed with
winning manners, he saw and foil in
love with a princess of the .court
.Ail went well with the lovers for
a short time, then a whisper passed
through the palace. Finally the em
peror was Informed.
An order was issued to put the prin
cess under close guard, and to arrest
the soldier. The girl was locked in
the women's quarters, hut she man
aged to pass word to her maid, ann
the girl Informed Jin Sing of his
peril. --
Instead of fleeing at once, the lover
concealed himself in the palace. A
friend on guard at the door of the
princess' apartmentment gave him his
longed-for chance, nnd he entered to
bid her a last farewell. Promising
to meet in America if escape ever be
came possible, the princess at last
forced him to leave.
Two nights Inter Jin Sing was on
his way to America. He landed In
San Francisco, waited there two years
foi a message from his beloved; then
writing to the soldier who bad gives
him the opportunity to tell th^prln-
cess goodby, he gave his future ad
dress as Athens, Ga.
In Athens, he worked as a inund!
man.
He wag quiet and unassuming,
though there was a constant longing
to sec his native country and his prin
cess. He made but few friends, and
until the guard who had been at the
princess' door on the day Jin Sing
Inst saw his beloved arrived in Autr
ies a few years ago and announced
the death of the girl, no one knew his
history.
From that day his health began to
fail. Three years ago, having acquit-
a fortune, dying from a broken
heart, longing for a place at least re
sembling the land he loved, Jin Sing
began searching til® country over.
Tired, despairing of discovering
the place, he came to Atlanta a few
weeks ago. Stopping with a friend at
1-2 East Hunter street, he appeared
to be In the same state of health that
he had been bearing since learning
the tragic news of his beloved's death.
At last, giving up suddenly, he drop
ped dead Saturday night from heart
failure, the coroner said, though his
friend shakes his head and tells of
the princess and their unfortunate
love.
Jin Sing's body was taken to Harry
G. Pool's chattel, where the funeral
will be held today at 12 o'clock. The
Interment will be at West View.
TO THE_G0LF
Dispatch States That Cap-
italists Want to Build a
New Railroad From
Athens South.
Dublin, Oa., March 28.—J. H. Plum
mer, of New York; J. R. Crandall, ot
Mldvtlle, and L. O. Hall, ot Tooms
boro, propose to construct a ^rail
road from Athens to the gulf, via
Milledgevllle and Dublin, to be
known ns the Georgia Midland and
Gulf railroad. They have visited
Milcdgevilie and this city in the in
terest of the project. The people ot
Dublin are desirous of seeing a rail
road built from Milledgevllle to Dub
lin and thence to McRae or Lumber
City. Such a road would open up a
fine territory.
SWEET POTATOES
CAM HOW BE DRIED
It is Said That a New Method is
Discovered for 1 Keeping Yams
for Two Years.
'"•“tXa week we pub.isb | la Yearly Uway. e.W.tooverllowtng
a regular disrlsv advertisement in But it has done much good in the
the local rapers, calling attention to ’ way of inje.’tlng enthusiasm Into t e
some special feature or some special work. -
need to advertise because the church
AUSTRALIA TO BE PRE8ENT.
Chicago, III., March 28.—Australia
win be represented at the meeting of
the National Irrigation Congress in
Chicago December 5 to 9, writes El-
wood Mead, referring to the attend
ance ot Hugh McKenzie, mlnlzter of
public lands of Victoria, and hlmzelf
at the last congress. Mr. Mead, who
is chairman of the State Rivers and
Water Supply commission of Vlcfb-
rta, was president of the Irrigation
congress In 1894 and 1900. He writes
from Australis:
"The experience ol Mr. McKenzie
and myself was most enjoyable and
the reports from the Australian press
representatives who accompanied our
delegation have given the congress a
standing In Australia which It did
not before possess. Already several
gentlemen Interested In Irrigation
have Indicated their Intention of be
ing present at the next meeting."
You can do much for Athena by be
coming s member of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Atlanta, March 28.—England and
other foreign countries have never
known the delights of the good old
sweet potato, or the toothsome "yel
low yam,” all because it is impossi
ble to ship them across the *a. Over
here we have a way of keeping them
in the ground or banked in potato
beds so that they can be had practi
cally all winter. But no practical
method of shipping them in large
quantities has yet been found.
It looks, however, as If the problem
might have been solved in the dry
ing of sweet potatoes which Is now
being practised up in Habersham
county. The sweet optato Is subject
to a ret which works very rapidly and
which prevents It being kept very
long exposed to air. If dried, how
ever, it Is said sweet potatoes can
easily be kept for two years.
Up at Mt. Airy, Habersham coun
ty, several plants have been installed
for drying sweet potatoes. The po
tatoes are boiled In large vessels, be
ing well covered with water until
they are a little more than half
cooked through. They are then
cooled and peeled. The potato Is
then cut into slices lengthwise
about one-fourth of an Incb In thick
ness. and these slices are place on
clean, smooth boards ,o dry In the
sunshine. It requires about the same
length of time for them to dry as In
the css# of the apple or the peseta.
Like any dried fruit, they can be put
away and kept without further care.
They may be fried, candied, made
most any way In wbloh the raw po
tato Is now cooked, and with prseti
jcally the eame reeult.
Attorney Pleading Guilty for Him—
Negro Leaps From Upstairs window
While his attorney was arranging
with the solicitor general for a plea
of guilty in one case against Ed
Jones, colored, alias Ed Few-
clothes,” the latter escaped.from the
courthouse in thli city in broad open
daylight and made good his escape.
"Few-clothes,” who has a pretty
unsavory reputation with the police
here, came to Athens a year ago with
a carnival company. He got into
trouble and remained over in Athens.
On account of having only one suit
of clothes left the negroes about town
nicknamed him ‘'Few-clothes"—and
the name has stuck to him. He has
been before the mayor for several
offenses and was*sent up fot; a six-
months sentence on the streets. He
hod Just completed that sentence and
the city court wished him to answer
to the charges ot gambling and sell
ing liquor. He was allowed tb retire
with his counsel at’city court to the
private room of the judge back of
the stand. Directly the attorney re
entered the court room to advise with
the solicitor concerning a pies of
guilty on one of the charges prefer
red. As there was some delay In
getting the ear of the Judge the at
torney left the prisoner in the room
alone for a little longer than the
bailiff thought. Soon the alarm was
beard: "Few-clothes Is off!” Tb*
negro had raized the window look
ing toward the city, ztepped out Into
the glaring, broad-open daylight, onto
the ledge which Jutz out like a coping
between the first and second floors
of the courthouse, had crawled along
that coping of the wall for ten or
twelve feet, let himself down to the
projecting brfck window-arch, aad
Jumped from that arch to the ground
sixteen or eighteen feet below. In
leaping he evidently had lost his
hand-bold and his foot slipped and
si ruck the uper glass In the upper
sash of the window of the tax col
lector's office, smashing It In.
The negro did not wait -to ascer
tain what damage he had done, wait
ed not to ask pardon for disturbing
Mr.' Linton and Mr. Holman, who was
In the tax collector’s office nt the
time; but with a bound and a leap he
cleared the down-grade of the court
house campus, crossed Prince ave
nue, ran around a street car and an
automobile or two, dodged into Bar
ber street and hit the high places ex
clusively on bis flight toward the
river and the cane brakes, where he
likely bid Monday night till he
caught an out-going freight train.
The court bailiff was much dis
turbed when It was discovered a
quarter of an hour or so after the
escape that Few-clotbes had actually
fled, after jumping down in the very
entrance of the courthouse. But the
negro had too much time ahead of the
officers. Whether Few-clothes had
heard of the size of tho fines which
Judge AVest has begun to Impose on
tigers or not, or whether he believed
that he could handle his own case
better than the court Is not known.
Man’s Whiskers Grew Quarter Inch
In a Few Minutes, ’twas Thought
Monday about noon a rather short,
average weighted young fellow, in a
brown suit entered a barber shop in
this city and had a shaye. He wss
properly powdered, had his hair
brushed, his coat dusted and walked
out. In ten minutes he came back
with three days’ growth ot whiskers
on his face and' though the barber
thought it wan very strange that his
whiskers should have grown out so
quickly he said nothing but went
ahead and shaved him again, powder
ed bis face, brushed his hair and the
bootblack dusted off his suit, and he
went out leaving the establishment in
wonder.
A .little later a young fellow of
about the eame description walked
Into a cafe and ate a hearty meal, and
paid for It and walked out—with bis
appetite apparently satisfied for at
least five or six hours. In ten min
utes ' he was back, ordered another
full meal, ate it with apparent relish
and, paid for it, stating he had been
very hungry just before he ate the
meal, walked out. That estabyah-
ir.ent was puzzled also.
Inquiry revealed the fact that there
was a pair of twins in town—so much
alike that the barber and the cafe-
keeper both were sure that the same
man had visited them within the few
minutes. The twins are the young
men playing in the vaudeville at the
Majestic this week.
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A HAPPY SOLUTION OF
SENATORIAL SITUATION
Maconite Sues Baroness Rosekrantz
For $30,000 Alleged Attorney’s Fees
Atlanta, Ga., March 28.—The beau- eerned makes the case one of unuau-
i, ■ » n ’ _i...„«_ „t TVaii. * nI Interas4 IlnrnnnRa Rfliipnlflintt
mart formerly Miss Rebecca Lowe,
of Atlanta, Is the attendant in an
interesting sut now in prog-ess In
the superior court here, in which
Marion Erwin, the wel’-known Macon
attorney, seeks to recover $30,000 in
alleged attorney's fees for represent
ing the baroness In connection with
the legal affairs which followed her
divorce from her first husband,
James W. Engli.-b, Jr., of this city.
Baron and Baroness Rosenksiitz
are bJtb-presect In court, and the so
cial prominence of all parties cor.-
was formerly, and still Is, one of the
test-known society women of Geor
gia. Her father was the late W. D.
Lowe, who wss very wealthy, and
who, for a time was associated with
James W. English, Sr., now president
of the Fourth National bsnk.
Attorneys Tye, Peeples 4 Jordan
are representing Mr. Erwin, while
Reuben and Lowry Arnold represent
Baroness Rosenkantz. Judge Jcha T.
Pendleton Is presiding. The case
will probably occupy two or three
more days.
MEETS AT SPARTANBURG.
Spartanburg, S. C„ March 28.—The
thirty-fourth annual convention of
the South Carolina School Associa
tion, which met here today for a
three days' session, Is one of the larg
est gatherings ever held under the
Into' pies and puddings or cooked si- auspices of the asoclatlon. Dele
gates from every part of the state are
Ir atendance. Foremost among the
scheduled speakers are former Gov
ernor Ansel of South Carolina, P.
Scbreve Durham of Chicago and Mrs.
Mary Foster Bryner, of the Interna
tional Sunday school association.
Atlanta was.faked good and proper
a few daya ago- by a man named
Hoyt. It la quite a (ad now for the
“bowery bums” to play their game
on the unsuspecting Inexperienced
cltixens of Atlanta.
The following from the editorial
columns of the Augusta Chronicle,
from the pen of Mr. Thos. W. Lot-
lers, will be read with much Inter
est by many In Athens who know the
subject of the editorial:
TlYE CHRONICLE SPEAK8.
The Georgia senatorial situation
still refuses to "shape-up”. And for
very good reason, to-wlt: Outside
of two names—Governor-elect Hoke
Smith, on the one side, and Senator
Terrell, on th other—no on seems to
to be seriously considering making
the race for the United States sens-
torship; nor does anyone else seem
to be seriously considered, by the
public, in connection therewith.
And yet, there are many good rea
sons why the people of Georgia
should, at this time, look to other
than these two rival politicians in
choosing a sucessor to the late Sen
ator Clay. But we want no better
reason than this—political peace and
harmony la Georgia, for a time at
least. And we believe the people of
Georgia would much prefer to settle
this senatorial situation on a basis
of political peace and harmony, pro
vided the proper man can be found.
Unfortunately—nnd we say It with
all due respect for the various "as
pirants”—no one, other than Messrs.
Smith and Terrell, has been brought
forward who would oeera to measure
un to the requirements; if, perhaps,
we might be permitted to mention,
by way of exception, two South Geor
gians, either of whom would preserve
the best traditions of Georgia In the
United States senate; and, at the
same time, give just recognition to a
section of the state that has too long
been left out in the cold politically.
One of these Is Hon. Wllllant O.
Brantley, present congressman from
the Eleventh district, and the other
Is Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall, editor
and owner of the Savannah Press.
The former might be accredited, In a
measure, to the so-called "Brown fac
tion" in Georgia, while the latter, in
about the same measure, might be
placed in the "Smith camp.” But
neither Is, or has ever been, so par
tisan as to bar him from being an
orceptable pence and harmony can
didate for both factions.
From the very best Information ob
tainable, It would ’ seem that Mr.
Prantley is to be no longer consider
ed In connection with the senatorshlp
at this time; although, we doubt not,
the time will come when he will
serve Georgia In the United States
senate. \
This, then, in The Chronicle's opin
ion, narrows the situation down to
Slovail, of Chatham; or, we might
say, Stovall, of Chatham, Richmond,
Clarke and the state at large; for at
least three counties in Georgia are
proud to claim Pleasant A. Stovall
as a “favorite,’' ion,” while be Is a
Georgian In the broadest sense of
the term.
It so happens that the politcal
ways of the Chronicle and the Savan
nah Press have seldom met—general
ly we have found ourselves In one
political camp, while Stovall was In
Ike other—but there has ever been
that shout him which wins the re
spect and admiration and, in the end,
the friendship of every man, of what
ever political faith or faction, with
whom be comes in contact; for Pleas
ant A. Stoavll is clean through and
through; brilliant to a degree; aa
fearleaa and honeat any man llv-
Irg; true aa steel to friends and prln-
cple; a man without selfishness and
without guile.
Knowing him to be such a man. we
trust the Chronicle may never be so
partisan as not to be able to admit
the fitness of such a man for high
political honor, 1 whatever onr fac
tional differences may bare been in
the past, rfe would bare to turn no
political somersault, nor suffer a
wrench of our political spinal column
to support, heartily and enthusiasti
cally, such a man as Pleasant A. Sto-
vzU for the highest office within the
tslfi of the people.
In this Instance, Indeed, we would
consider It not only a duty but a
privilege to do ao, should he be In
duced to enter the senatorial race;
for we regard him—and almost him
alone—as a man on whom men of
both factions could center and thus
bring political order and peace out
of political chaos.
We are not amongst thoso who
would, at any time, purchase "peace
at any price,” but we do say that, at
tlds particular time, when It can be
had so easily and to such good pur
pose—by taking a man who Is, men
tally and .morally, the peer of any—
people of all factions ibpuld grasp
the opportunity.
We do not. happen to know the “In
side” of the senatorial "game” that
Is now being played In Georgia—U
there be a game—because we hare
noi been discussing or worrying
about politics lately; but we have
heard it intimated that the program
of a certain faction it to bring about
a Smith "stampede,” at the proper
time, as they did in the gubernatorial
all uat Ion a year ago.
This we would be forced to regard
as a serious mistake; and we shall
be fair to believe that Mr. Smith,
himself, Is not a party to it. Just as
we now admit—In the light of sub
sequent Information—that be was not
party to the “stampede" which
forced him Into the last gubernatorial
fight.
We shall, also,, be fair enough to
admit, that, like William G. Brantley,
his time for the United States sens-
tcrshlp may yet come. But it is not
now. And for the very good reason
tbtft he has just been elected gov
ernor; holding a commission from
the people of Georgia to serve them
la that particular capacity for the
next two years—which commission
bo hat solemnly accepted, pledging
himself to do certain things which
the people have entrusted to him.
. Moreover, Mr. Smith, himself,
stands opposed to a senstorsbip pri
mary, for the reason that It will,
again, bring about another needless
political contest before the people;
and for the same reason, would bar
him from throwing up the governor
ship to accept the senatorablp and
thus forcing an even worae fight be
fore the people.
It Is obvious, then, that he cannot
now throw up that commission, and,
by so doing, precipitate another bit
ter political fight In Georgia—another
gubernatorial contest—following so
toon upon tbs heels of one from the
effect of which we have not yet en
tirely recovered.
In the same senre, Senator Ter
rell's candidacy involves a heated fac
tional contest—which the people do
not want. Btrcb a contest can be easi
ly avoided, and, at the same time, ■
secure for Georgia the services In the
United States senate ot a man who
is as well equipped to serve her in
that capacity as any man within her
borders. A man whose past record,
both as a journalist and as s legisla
tor. may be put under the microscope
without finding a flaw; and whose fu
ture record, in the United States sen,
ste or at borne, may be safely placed
alongside ot the best that ever adorn
ed Georgia’s history—Stovall, ot Sa
vannah.
The little "chicks" - scratching
around the senatorial toga will soon
be called off and then the old chick
ens will go st It right.
Wherever you can say a word for
Athena It will help. Talk Atbana
and you will help to build one of the
largest cities in the state.