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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. EREE-WONDEREUL NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY FIVE DAYS TREATMENT of Wonderful New Discovery Sent Free To All Sick Or Afflicted People Dr. Walsh has decided to send to all people who ask for it a free proof treatment of his wonderful new discovery, which has cured thousands that suf fered as you now suffer. 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Walsii, Box 2094, Hosted, Mast,. Send me at once all Charces paid, your free treatment for my case and your book—all entirely free to me. MY NAME IS MY ADDRESS IS Ace HoHr long affected.. My troubles are Noa... My principal trouble ia No... 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.