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t THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1911. THE urns BUHNER H. J. ROWE, Editor and Proprietor. THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER la delivered by carrier, in the city, or mailed, poetage free, to any addreae at the following rate.: $5.00 per year; •2A0 for alx month.; $1.25 for three month., or 10 cent, a week. Lookout for the April shower—if. due. 0 Congress meets today in extra ses sion. AFFIRMATION, DEDUCTION, APPEAL THE SANE MAN IN THE SANITARIUM. There is no point which suggests itselt as so patently valuable In the in-| II you should.inakea visit to Milledgeville and should be allowed to cir- vitlng of desirable rural settlers to come to Georgia as the following "afflma-1 culate freely and communicate unreservedly with the Inmates <51 the sani- tion, deduction, and appeal" taken <Ait of the heart of a little pamphlet which I tarium for the insane there, and If those inmates could be concentrated in Is the printed crystalization of the findings of the late meeting of the Southern I mind long enough simultaneously to consider and unitedly act on your case I their verdict wou!d*be probably that you were yourself “somewhat off” and | they would dismiss you without further notice. Which leads up to this: A sane man broke Into insane New York City I the other day and made a statement to the denizens of that.respectable mu- Waycross Is to purchase an auto Ere wagon. 0 The Congressional Record didn't have to suspend but three or four j day». It looks like there is to be a stiff | fight made by the republican senators to block any tariff legislation the democrats may attempt. 0 There are a good many who still be-1 lleve that the utterances of the late [ William Jennings Bryan will have great weight in shaping the action of | the extra session. Here’s hoping that the Red and Black will win two clean, clear-cut straight games In their battle on the diamond with the Baptists at Macon [ today and tomorrow. 0- Henry Clews, the banker, wants an I alliance of England. America and Japan. He asserts that In quarter of a century the Japanese will be an [ English-speaking people. 0 The democrats of the house of rep resentatives are heady for the big fight. If they conduct themselves aright, there will be no trouble in Commercial Congress in Atlanta: Affirmation: The South has within Its limits several hundred varieties of soil. These varieties are adaptable to the growth of veg etation in all forms appropriate to sub tropical and temperate regions. Deduction: As the growth of plant life is dependent on plant food in the soil, and the soil in the South is In a large measure unex hausted, our region may be depended upon to produce unceasingly the necessaries of life for home and market consumption. Appeal: We urge upon our farmers the necessity for considering soil conservation. While it takes possibly ten thousand years for one foot of soil to be made through natural means^careless farming and misuse of the land can, in a year, undo the work of ten thousand. Furthermore, as no crop grows without extracting from the soil some element necessary to itself, and as our farming methods hitherto have been careies in the matter of returning to the soil those ele ments taken away in crops, we earnestlj- plead for a much more Intelligent and scientific use of this great possession of the South which, when properly used, can be expected to maintain the human family indefinitely, but if abused, loses its value. In order to place on record our views regarding the possible fu ture of Southern agricultural output, we here include the logical se quence of the fundamentals of agriculture: Proper preparation of the soil before planting. Proper use, not abuse, of fertilizers. Proper seed section. Proper methods of planting, cultivation and harvesting. Proper grading and preparation of products for marketing. Diversification of creps. The abandonment of the "single cropping" system so commonly in vogue and the adoption of such systems of crop rotation as will conserve and Increase the natural fertility of the soli. Increased yields per acre, through intensive cultivation. A largely Increased growing of imprbved breeds of domestic animals and of crops necessary for their sustenance. Association for the purpose of the co-operative marketing of farm products. » — THE DOQ QUESTION NEAR AT HOME. There have been totalled scientists who claimed that there Is no such DEMOCRACY FACING THE MUSIC. While the' United States senate is stil! under republican control and tb> country still has a republican president, the democrats have undisputed cot trol of the house and the people of the United States look to them to accom plish something in the way of relief from extravagance and burdensome taxa tion. The house of representatives at least holds the key to the situation. The appropriations bills must originate there. It is necessary for the house to pass bills before they can become laws. Hence the democrats have much I nlclpal asylum and the inmates of New York City have evidently passed power In their hands if it is used wisely. j Judgment upon the visitor ar.d dismissed him. But to (he man up the tree At the same time the democratic party can do nothing more than mark I time unless there is given evidence of a conservatism that will lead the inde- I pendent republicans to give a helping hand in th Senate. If any constructive | the visitors remarks are full of meat^and pith. Here they are: “You New Yorkers are a people of paradoxes: you spend time on tying the ties, fixing the hair, the hat, the raiment, as though it were New York custom to look every person carefully over, and then you go-6ut looking neither right nor left, being careful to observe nobody, and you know nobody will observe you. "In your subway, you run, crowd, jostle to get the express, you crowd in and stand up for a ride of five miles—all to save five min utes, and you lounge away a half hour at the end for you really had no reason to burry. "You are lean, hungry-faced. You go to the theater as one would be expected to go to a funeral. You take your pleasure as seriously as a high school boy takes his Greek. I never-find the intertwined i arms, the saunter, the mirth among you, even when you are off duty. "The only great thing I find in New York is your engineering. The great thing about New York is the city, not the people. "This great city is so lonely among these millions there is so little fellowship and sympathy, in the midst of all this wealth you are all so poor, with so many labor-saving devices you all work so hard, with this great possibility of knowledge you know so little, with Such splendid chances at life, you merely exist, with a chance to fly, you merely crawl." measures are enacted into law, the democrats must exercise conservatism. This work when congress is called into extra session the democrats will be face to face with the music. The party will succeed'or fail just in propor tion to the amount of sound common sense and conservatism that may be shown. There should be no shirking of duty and no evasion of responsibility. The people have sent the democratic part yinto power for the express purpose of redeeming the tariff In the interest of the consumer. This Is the plain and manifest duty of the democratic house. The people cannot expect a demo cratic house to bring the tariff down to a thoroughly satisfactory basis in the face of a republican senate and a republican president. The people do not wish the democrats to attempt tariff legislation on a Scale that will upset the business' interests of the country and bring on commercial panic. What they do expect and what-they demand is that the high protective duties be remov ed BO that the people may be relieved of the burden of unjust taxation that has been heaped upon them for more than forty years. A wise, conservative reduction of the tariff will hurt no one but the trust magnates, it will help the millions of consumers all over the country. Democrats who may have protection leanings on account of local condi tions in their respective districts should stand by democracy and not reduce the tariff to a local issue. The tariff may have local features, but In the main It Is a question of national import and should be adjusted on the basis of the greatest good to the greater number. Laying aside all factional differences, the democrats should proceed to A COMPLICATED CONDITION. The next session of congress will be one or much Interest to the people of I this country. There are a number of Important measures the democrats are I pass a tariff bill In thorough keeping with the principles of their party, witli Interested in and the party all over the country is expecting much to be done Ithe end in view of treallrg all men Justly and at the same time affording In order to strengthen the chances for a democratic victory and the election of | merited relief to the consumers of the country. This done, the burden will be I a president. But whether these conditions can be brought about Is a puzzle I placed on the republican senate and the republican president. They may turn I to the democratic members. With a republican president and a republican I down the democratic program, but If the democratic program be right and for senate it is feared that little tan be accomplished by the bouse In securing I the benefit of the great masses of the American people, the democrats can af- | the passage of important democratic legislation. I ford to bide their time and let the people fix the rsponslblltty of failure to re- William Jennings Bryan has suggested f number of things which should I vise the tariff upon the shoulders of the guilty parties. . I ^ , . .,. , , , , . I be done, but there remains the block of the senate and the president. It Is I electing a democratic president in I disease as hydrophobia, that persons bitten by rabid animals cannot contract I " I 1912. I the specific poison which permeates the system and produces madness, fear- I ful convulsions, and horrible death. The facts, however, do not agree with an easy proposition to make suggestions and advise the best to be done, but It I la not so easy to accqpip'-lsh all these things when the odds are against us.! Mr. Bryan is a great man, but It is a question worth considering whether Mr. IS UNIVERSAL PEACE A DREAM? It is evident that Germany does not take much stock in the talk about Fifty thousand dollars per annum _ „ „„„ .. „ for extension work among the farm- this school of science and the standing department of the state board of ^ ^ ^ t „ 0>e lhlngJ he „ adTocatin|5 even though he was UDlvcr8al P eac ®' Rritaln and “>• UnIted s,ate « may a *ree on a plan ers of the state Is what the legislature I health with Its equipment to counteract the work of the hydrophoblt bite °f I # •*- *—■* ' ■*- " ■ should provide for the State College I animals is a contradiction to the cry of "peace, peace” when the alarm of I Here are some of .via suggestions of Agriculture. The solons could not expend the public money to a better advantage. -0- ‘mad-dog” is raised in a community. There Is an epidemic of hydrophobia now sweeping over the state. Athens Is not exempt from the ravages. One | or two persdhs have been bitten. An unknown number of dogs have been bit- Wlth 157 majority In the House I ten and thus exposed to the awful disease—to go mad and put th eentlre com- there Is still a majority the other way munlty in Jeopardy. Your little child and you yourself may be In danger at I I any time. The sanitary department and the police are doing all they can to [ I obviate bad results. Many are muzzling their dogs. It will be wise for every In tha senate and In the presidential I chair to reckon with. However, there I are Insurgents among the senate ma-1 Jcrity and there la quite a desire for citizen to assist the offlclals In their work of exterminating the animals af-1 revision on the part of the president. I fected as quickly as possible. Discussing the subject one authority says: The dog-woods are 'blooming, I there'll soon be a whippoorwill's I plaintive note to be heard In the still 1 of the evening, the rap Is beginning I to rise and If you don't watch out the I spring fever and that unretirablo de-1 sire to go fishing will be overcoming | you. i The students will naturally miss I the week of encampment but there I will be profitable military exercises I here at home and the week will not I he lost by any means. The regular class work can be made ae profitable I as the.'out-dooor drill and camp dls-1 cipllne. Judge Crisp is putting in sixteen hours a day atudylng parliamentary usage and rules that he may guide Champ Clarke through the whirlpools a of parliamentary procedure. And ‘William Schley Howard Is being shown over Washington by four rf bis constituents. — In the death of Dr. 8eaman A, . "It we can rid the dog of rabies, the greatest source of danger to the human being, as regards this particular disease, is forever remov ed. kternal vigilance, and the continuous pursuance of a definite policy, day after day, year In and year out, are absolutely essential to this end. From figures Just compiled by the French governmental authorities, it is clearly demonstrated that whenever their rigid cru sade against unmuzzled and stray dogs was to the slightest degree re laxed, rabies amongst animals, and their human victims, instantly Increased at a most alarming rate. Whenever the crusade was again resumed at its full vigor, the number of victims immediately decreas ed. In other words, the rise or fall in the number of victims afforded a most accurate index to the degree of vigilance evinced In the cam paign against the undersirables of the canine race. But, thanks to a continuous crusade on the part of the French authorities, Dr. Letulle, of Paris, has shown in a series of very exact'statistlcs that from 574 cases of rabies in 1902, the number had fallen to only thirteen cases themselves. Paris has succeeded in reducing Its number of fatalities from rabies, by Impounding and destroying from 12 ,000 to 14,000 In 1909, truly an instance in which figures speak most eloquently for unmuzzled and vagrant dogs each year. Our mlstakq, or one of our mistakes, has been in not continuously persisting in a selected course, when once we have found It to be a correct one.” "fiow democracy has its chance. Let it Improve it; let it meet the responsibilities of the hour.' "FirqK-Let it ratify the reciprocity agreement—the failure to ratify which brought thq speoial session. "Second—Let it admit Arizona and New Mexico. "Third—Let it submit a constitutional amendment providing for election of United States senators by direct vote. "Fourth—Let it reduce the tariff, schedule by schedule, and eith er relieve the people of present an Issue for the president and bis party to meet.” i THE APPALACHIAN FORESTS. The preseravtlon of the Appalachian forests is now assured. The last I I session of congress, my making the resolution looikng to this work a law has pavetl the way for preserving to all future generations these great forests | that were rapidly going to destruction under the very careless methods of pre. I nervation and protection that were In use. The,commission appointed under the bill will at once proceed to purchase I to bring about permanent pence between themselves, but Germany does not think that Is possible, much less that the peace movement will spread all over the world. ■ Chancellot VonBethmann—Hollweg, of the German empire, In discussing this question In the reltchstag, made some very significant utterances. They were utterances that presumably voiced the sentiment of the German people and that show that Germany has little 1 faith in the accomplishment of much in the way of bringing about peace among all the nations. ' There was under discussion tha^questlon of universal arbitration and uni versal disarmament. He declared that they were Ideals Impossible of reali zation. He said: "The nations, Including Germany,” said the chancellor, "have been talking disarmament since'the first Hague confetence, but nei ther in Germany nor elsewhere has a practical plan been proposed. Great Britain wishes the limitation of armaments, but simultaneously wants a superior or equal fleet. Any conference on this subject is bound to be fruitless. . No standard for a limitation can be found and any conceivable proposal would be shattered on the question of con trol." In discussing the proposed treaty between Great Britain and the United the necessary lands to make the work of forest preservation successful. The work will start In the wildest and most precipitous parts of the Appalachian Statea ' ,he spenI,er waa of ,h " OI,inlon ,hat « promlaed « 8uch I mountains. The highest and steepest ground will be first acquired, that I ground where the washing of the rains Is the greatest and where the process of denudation is going on moro rapidly than In other parts. Then the work tlons as the Monroe Doctrine were left out of the agreement as they would probably be. ( The attitude of Germany on the question Is evidence of one thing, If no will be extended to other portions as fast as possible until all the Apapla- othcr * and ,hat U that G(,rmany '* unwlllln g t0 yleld a ” the questions that | chlan forests are protected. The government never took a better step towards the conservation of the I national resources. The Appalachian forests contain the larger part of the may arise to the court of arbitration and that she believes in going to war if | necessary to preserve her honor. While no one can dispute the propriety of the proposition of President hardwood supply of the republic. It is well worth preserving; to say nothing Taft for unlver * al P eace - whlle it cannot be denied that such Is the state of of the preservation of waterfalls, the Improvement of farm lands In the val- affalrs that the world must come to sooner or later If It wishes to reach Its I leys through regulating the flow of the rivers and the preservation of the I hlghe8t deve, °P men t and highest usefulness. It still Is true that the views | great and beautiful natural scenery in these mountains. ♦ Knapp Athens feels a more distinct | regret than probably many other | A BASE CALUMNY REFUTED. . OLD AGE PENSIONS. The Banner Is constrained by every consideration of loyalty and truth, The time has not arrived In the United States for a very serious discus towns. His relation with the State I every sense of fair play and Justice, every sentiment of patriotism andlocal I slon of old age pensions, but It will came some day no doubt when this repnb- College of Agriculture have been so | pride to refute In as large type as the machine will carry a base and ground-1 lie Is somewbat'older than at present, thoroughly cooperative that he has I )ela ca ] umn y which hte Saturday Evening Post, “an illustrated weekly, found- I of the German chancellor have much in them worthy of consideration, as 1 portraying a real situation that will have to be changed before much last- j Ing progress can be made toward the realization of universal peace. ♦ a- WISE INVESTMENT OF STATE MONEY. The legislature invests no money more wisely than that which it invests Just now the United Btates are paying out In military pensions more than I In ed " catloL ' Kre,y dol,ar Judiciously expended upon the training of the *““* d go'veratncnt^heads of “depart* I ed Ao ' D1 ' 1728 by Ben J amln ttankUn," ba« published to Us “more than a mil-1 one hundred and sixty million dollars per annum and the chance, are that I >ounft in thl * atate yleld * certaln and magnificent returns, jnint,, .| lion and a half readers about a fellow citizen of this state and congressional | this sum will Increase as the years go by aiyl not decrease. The need for old ' Pl ’“ K " " v ' ’ 0- The state has always been very liberal with the common schools and in The report of the board of inspec- • tors shows that 127 of the 14$ coun ties of the state are Infested wlt'i hookworm. Tha same report states, however, that the presence of this . ferocious reptile doesn't seem to at tract the attention of the people among whom it forages—Indeed, doesn't seem to be sirring comment from anybody except the .thspectors who were sent out a-purpose to hunt It. .1 lion and a half readers about a fellow citizen of this state and congressional this sum will Increase as the years go by aiul not decrease. The need for j district The calumny Is here reproduced, headed “Great Expectations": | age pensions In the United States has not, therefore become eo pressing. I recent } '* ars has been liberal with the Institutions for higher education, and But it Is the history of the older nations that something of this kind Is yet the ,tate ha * not ytt reached the point where the appropriations for edu- forced upon the governments in order to take care of those who come to old I cwtfonal purposes are adequate to the demands made upon therm age without having provided for their keep during the years in which they I ' 7 ' be common school fund does much good and yet it wohM do ten-fold as cannot labor or cannot earn a livelihood. i - I mueh good th ® mate would appropriate five times as much money as It does Great Britain, even, Is trying out this plan of pensions, and there is a I tor normttl training of teachers for the common schools, general belief that in that nation it has also come to stay. And yet It is not I R * a * e Normal School In this city and the other Normal schools in the so certain that it proves beneficial to a country to provide these pensions for I ** ate caDnot lurn out one tenth the number of trained teachers needed In the the aged. It Is bellevpd that Instead of making people thrifty it has a ten- | c o®“on schools cf the state every year. It would be a wise Investment of dency to make them Improvident, even during the years In which they are | tbe tax money °t th® state to double the appropriation to the State Normal Athens Is lagging behind just now ] In the work of securing big conven tions for this oity. There should be | no trouble In Inducing large conven tions to hold their annual sessions I here and the work of securing these | conventions should be taken up once. There Is no city la Georgia I that offers better Inducements to the I large organisations as a convention I city, and If the proper amount of work I fa done several large conventions can I be secured. It will mean much for| Athens. Colonel William Marcellus' Howard, of Lexington, Georgia, who retired from Congress In Maroh, after serving for many years, is a small man physlcially. The Colonel would probably measure about five feet five and weigh in the neighborhood of a hundred and twenty pounds. One dsy he was campaigning through his district and stopped at a cabin to see the votter who lived there. A woman came to the door. “Is your husband In?" asked the Colonel. "No, suh," she replied; "my husband Is some miles away, buryln' a friend." "And won’t be back soon?” "Not until evenin'.” Will you kindly tell him that Colonel, Bill Howard, his Congress man, stopped by to ate him?'” The woman looked at the Colonel in amazement. “Is yau-all Cunnel Bill Howard " she asked, with much doubt In her voice ‘T surely am." "Well, well! I can't think that's so.” "But, madam, It Is so. I am Colonel Howard. Wha*. did you ex pect to see?” “To tell the truth, Cunnel," the woman replied ,‘‘I didn't expect no' such lltttle man as you. I sure expected to see a hull bucketful!" Without consulting the subject of this scurrilous attack, and without In- The senatorial situation In this alnuatlng that he needs our defense, the Banner wishei to state that the story j State has come to a sudden standstill I la as base a falsehood as was ever uttered. Its falsity Is stamped on Its face, and there Is little talk about IL When I j n the litst place the woman in the case did not say "no SUHi" Nobody ever I the people of the state found out that eaU tha . Bli ywhere except In print that thru the oner who said-It didn’t have the state demqgmtlc executive com mittee would not give them a pri mary In which to express their choice nounce It. In the next place: Bill never said "please tell him that COLONEL In tha matter, that part of the dls-1 Bill Howard stopped to see him.” In the next place the lady In question never cusslon ceased. It Is up to the legis-1 saw a "nigger" in her born days that could have got a “you-all" so far out of | •*tore to.settle the question and a j 0 | Bt u the one in the anecdote. And In the Jast place the teller of the story lively time Is ahead when that body ■Mats. It will not be so very long on- U( the campaign for tha senatorshlp will open up In earnest |p this state. not only stamps himself as a falsifying hut clumsily reveals bis own identity In the next word to the last. The wife of the roter never heard anybody say "hull” for “whole." [ bale and hearty and able to make their way in the world. The New Orleans States, discussing the question, says: When the fact Is considered that German social legislation is gen- 'erally regarded as a model on which other countries should make prd^ visions for the working classes. It Is well to note that an eminent au thority on the subject. Privy Councillor Friedensburg, condemns In strong terms the whole system of old age, sick and accident pensions. He declares that there Is no longer any of the enthusiasm with which this legislation waa greeted when It was enacted thirty years ago. This Is due, we are told, partly to the great financial burdens which have been heaped upon the German nation by the readinesa with which expenditures were made,at the bglnnlng, and partly owing ,, to the breakdown of the pension system as a means of alleviating the hardships of the worthy and deserving poor. It appears that the old age and other pensions In Germany In stead of educating the masses in thrift by Inducing them to make some provision for their old age have exercised a pauperizing influ ence on the people. Many persons receive pnslons without deserving them, others get penslonrfor accidents that are unconnected with tbelr factories or workshops, and many desiring Invalid pensions pretend to be diseased In order to obtain them, with the result that enormous and unjustified burdens are Imposed on the German treasury. But It may be that maladministration of the pension system is responsible 1 for such a state of affairs. Some way should be found to prevent Im- posltors and all undeserving persons from receiving pensions to which only the deserving poor are entitled. ■ School and enable that institution do do better and more extended work In | training common school teachers. With an Increased number of trained teachers in the common schools, the I two and a half million dollars spent every year by the state on common | school education would be made to yield Infinitely better results. This is a crying need in Georgia, a need that demanda increased appro- | priatlons in order that the present appropriation for common schools result I to the beat advantage. * THE ATHENS CITY SCHOOLS. * The growth of the city of Athens has'been so rapid during the past few I years that It has been a difficult thing for the people to provide rapidly I enough adequate accommodations for the school children of the city. It has I not been v?»y long since the city passed up a bond issue of fifty thousand dol lars for school buildings, but even with the new buildings the floor space is I now Inadequate and it is merely a question of a very short time until tbs j city will have to provide more buildings. Tbit rapid increase in school attendance is due to the Increase in popu- llatlon and jtlso to the fact that hundreds of families are constantly moving I in to educate their children. It Is a tribute to tbs city and to the splendid feducaional facilities It offers Its citizens. It Is also gratifying to note that the schools are not only Increasing la | attendance but also in efficiency. The schools have never In their history I done better work than tJiat which Is now being done, as Is evidenced by the I splendid standing of the graduates in the various colleges that they are at- I tending. — - ,