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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1911.
IKE ATHENS BANNER
H. J. ROWE.
x Editor and Proprietor.
THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER
delivered by carrier! in the city, or
mailed, poetage free, to any addreu
at the following ratee: $5.00 per year
$2.60 for eix month*; $1.26 for three
months, or 10 cente a week.
A speaker's gavel Is mighty becom
ing to a democratic hand.
They will have to deodorise the
United States senate somehow.
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Senator Loriraer may possibly have
to call "Hinky Dink" to the rescue.
No doubt the Colonel would be
heartily in favor of the recall—gf him
self.
Of course the Mint Julep Associa
tion takes very little interest In politl
cal straws.
Peace may be hovering over Met
ico, but It shows no strong Inclina
tion to light.
The only actual maneuver in Texas
was the maneuvering out of Texas of
a colored regiment.
The truth about mothers-in-law Is
that they have kept many sons-ln-
law from having to work for a living
"Uncle Joe" Cannon is determined
that the people shall understand be
Is In his mat and not in a sarcopha
(ua.
"Florida reports a cabbage head
welching fourteen pounds.” says an
exchange. Political or patch va
riety?
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Bryan and Hearst hare now burled
their differences, and will work to
gether henceforth, for democratic su
premacy.
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As a side show the tariff board Is
attracting mighty little attention
alongside the big ting circus in the
main tent.
So Oyster Bay has voted strongly
against local option.-'Oyster Bay?
Oyster Bay? Where did we hear that
nhme before?
Anyhow, a woman knows enough
about mathematics to figure out bow
many spring bonnets her husband's
cigar bills will buy.
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"Shipwreck de luxe,” the rescued
passengers of the Princess Irene call
ed ‘.their experience. We shall yet
bear of railroad collision# a la carte.
Men cannot talk and act like Oov.
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey with
out rdnntng very grave risk of hiving
the people thrust the presidency on
them. v »-
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* The democratic horizon Is brighten
ing every day, and that a great demo
crat Cprobably Woodrow Wilton) will
be chosen president next year. Is
growing conviction.
DEMOCRATS MEAN BUSINESS.
The' democrats of the bouse are staarting off as if they mean business
It is quite natural that there should be differences of opinion between the
democratic members of the house, but these differences are not so great as
had hevti anticipated by the country, and Judging from the rather overwhelm
Ing sentiment in the democratic caucus on several mooted questions, It may
be said that there Is a tendency to get right down to business, and not to
delay legislation by useless wrangling.
There were a few democrats who desired to tack a tariff rider to the
Canadian reciprocity measure, but the overwhelming vote of the democratic
caucus •'•a S against such procedure, for the democrats are in favor of Ca
nadian reciprocity and they are going to put that measure through without
delay. Then they will take up the tariff question pass a democratic tariff
bill and put It up to the republican senate. ^
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Atlanta’s past poultry shows will
not be as good or aa large expositions
as Kie one which Athene Is plan
ning for. That Athene la not quite
aa large aa Atlanta doesn’t necessar
ily mean that there Isn’t room around
here for more coops of finer birds
than were, ever seen In Atlanta.
The Republican regulars , are mak
ing peace with the Republican Insur
gents in the bouse of representatives.
Borne of the choicest committee at-
sign men'll have been given the In
surgents, Including one-btlf the Re
publican membership of the commit
tee on rule*.
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‘ The Democrats will probably probe
the official conduct of Attorney Gen
eral Wtckersham and find put whe
ther or not be really uaed hi* high
office to further the Interests of the
cotton bears of the New York edtton
exchange. There Is every probabil
ity of a decided eeneatlon being
etlrred up on this subject.
The army of four thousand ear-
neat farmers’ boy* fn Georgia who
bare enlisted In the 1911 campaign to
do Just a little better than the prize
winner In the last year’s corn-grow
ing contest* wilt -wake up the Em
pire State. Four thousand seres of
prise corn on nearly four thousand
Georgia farms will make the daddlea
of those hoy* rub their eye* and get
batfS
The friends of Carter Hyrison of
Chtrago claim that be was madfe
mayor of Chicago through the efforts
of bis wife. The moral of which la
that political candidates should have
wives like Mri Harrison.
The republican members of con
gress have elected Mann of Chicago,
Vjto lead the hosts of cherokeea against
Champ Clark. Mr. Mann proceeded
to get very hot, when the democrats
Increased their membership on the
Important committees, without In-
creasing the .republican membership..
The fact Is the republicans when they
were running things, often refused to
admit the democrats to committee
saying that they were alone
responsible, and It was non* of their
bsaiaese what was done. Now Mr.
RsDublkans we are only giving yonI . .. .
some of your own brand of medicine.! ,<ut ** nteDC * toT hu crim# -
.ay be optimistic as te the party outlook, but it is quite true that
there never was such appearance of united front as is now apparent In the
democratic ranks, with a little more than a year Intervening before the na
tional convention that Is to name a presidential candidate. Of ooursi It is
possible for the democratic house to knock all the prospects of the party Into
a cocked hat between now and the election in 1912, but Just now the party
leaders appear to be doing their best to steer the democratic ship clear of the
reef.
The people elected the democratic majority In order that something
might be done for the relief of the people. The democrats mean business and
they are getting ready to do things In obedience to the command of the Am
erican people expreased at the ballot box.
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WEALTH ON TOP AND UNDER THE SURFACE.
In the conclusions reached by the recent Southern Commercial Congress
meeting In Atlanta two phases of the South’s advantages, resources and possi
bilities were touched upon which are seldom considered—the wealth on the
surface of our hills and the treasures hid away beneath the boulders of the
mountains. About the forests the crystalfzatlon of the findings of the con
gress were as follows: * ,
Affirmation: The original forest arda of the United States, as
Indicated by maps, shows that its greatest wealth and extent was in
the Southern States. In 1908, for the first time in the history of the
nation, the lumber output from the Southern States exceeded the out
put of all the balance of the United States put together.
Deduction: The disappearance of the forest cover from nratyy
portions of the United^States, as a result of lumbering, fires, etc.,
makes the lumber possessions of the Southern States nationally Im
portant.
Appeal: We most urgently request our statesmen to address
themselves to the task of securing legislation,-uniform as far as pos
sible, In the Southern Ststea for the purpose of encouraging refores
tation, of preventing fires and of thus perpetuating the South's lum
ber wealth. And we hereby praise the Sixty-lirst Congress for pass
ing the Appalachian Forest bill; and we look forward to Its practical
effects.
And digging down deeper than the roots o{ the trees on the mountain
sides, deeper than the shallow soil which washes away, the prospector for
wealth In the South finds treasures In the very bowels of the "red old hills.’’
About the mineral resources here-are the summarizlngs:
Affirmation: The Sout|) possesses mineral in s greater variety
than any other portion ot the United States. Several of these min
erals are practlal monopoltlea; as, for instance, sulphur and baux
ite. Much ot this mineral wealth is In the direction ot precious min
erals, as In the case of gold bearing rocks and sedimentary drifts of
the South. Many of these minerals are semi-preclous, and our pos
sesions of the rommon minerals for building, for fuel and for struc
tural purposes Is so unusally rich that while we know all metallic,
gaseous and fuel minerals ot a useful kind will ultimately be exhausted
in our country, we can confidently expect the South to endure as long
as any section.
Deduction: The possession of tAese minerals clearly defines the
fact that the South win necessarily become a great manufacturing
area. It Is self evident to thinking men that there Is economic waste
In shipping out raw materials; for In the case of raw materials there
remains to the South only the small benefit through the wages of
common labor, while, In the case of manufactured articles there re
mains ter the South not only the wages of labor Involved In the extrac
tion of the minerals but the still greater benefit Involved In their
transformation.
Appeal: As no mineral Is Inexhaustible and therefore all waste
Is reprehensible, we ask our statesmen to turn their thoughts to the
subject of conserving the South's possessions. We nsk them, In their
wisdom, to legislate for the conservation of our mineral resources,
particularly those used for light and fuel. The easy and most Imme
diate reform should be the abatement of the smoke nuisance; for, un
der present conditions, hardly one-tenth of the potential value of a
ton of coal is extracted through combustion. Nine-tenths of our coal
output Is more Irremediably lost than If it were a great moving sheet
dropping millions of tons of coal per year Into the Insatiable sea.
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ACTION IS ALWAYS DELAYED.
Whenever, a great fire horror occurs in this couqtry there is a rush on
the part of those In authority to search out those who have been guilty of
neglect. Indictments are returned and much is written about the horrible
negligence that led to the tragedy. Sometimes the guilt Is fixed and the pun
ishment Imposed, and then everything lapses back Intp the old condition and
there Is little said or done towards remedying faulty and inexcusable condi
tions until another horror comes along to wake up those who should have
been awake and on the alert.
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York have been
Indicted. They are held under 125.000 bond to answer the change of being
responslble^for the deaths of 145 employees in their factory a short while
since. They may have been guilty gross neglect, and if that Is demon
strated clearly on the trial of the cases in court, then the Judges should im
pose the heaviest of penalties upon the guilty.
But with all that the officials of New York cannot be held blameless. It
was their business to have known the existence of this fire trap and to have
forced fts owners to make the building conform to the building regulations
the city of New York. Why should a city have laws for the protection of
citizens and not enforce them?
ft did no good to the more than one thousand victims of the Slocum
aster to critlze the ship’s owners for carrying rotten life preservers. AH
Criticism poured upon them could not bring hack the dead.
It Is well enough to lock the stable door, but it accomplishes little If
wait until the horse Is gone.
INTERURBAN ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
There Is a decided tendency throughout the country to build more and
more interurban electric railways. This development has la a measure
struck the South and a number of these lines are either being built or pro
jected at various points In this section of the. country.
Georgia has a few such lines today, but not near so many as she should
have. There is no way in which the convenience of the people can be better
seared, the values of farm lands increased, the transportation of the citizens
of a given section be made easier and the general business Interests of vari
ous communities improved. ✓
There are a number of these Interurban lines now being planned* in this
state and there Is every probability of their being successfully built. Athens
Is on one of the proposed lines, the Atlanta and Carolina, extending from
Atlanta to Augusta, and it Is said that the construction of this road In the
near future Is a practical certainty. Such a road from Carnesvllle to Athens
was projected a few years since and several miles of roadway out of Carnes
vllle graded.
W« believe inch roads will pay the Investor and benefit the cities through
which they pass. Athens should get right behind any movement that brings
her Into closer touch with any of these proposed roads.
. THE STRIPLING CASE.
These Is much Interest centered In the Stripling case which will be de
cided by Governor Brown this week. The case hs| attracted nation-wide at
tention and many of the metropolitan papers hare devoted colunua to the
on the subject, pro and con. The prison commission has weighed the mat
ter and tn their Judgment, Chief 8trlpllng Is entitled to a pardon. But it Is
yet for Governor Brown to say as to whether he believe* tbit the man should
be pardoned.
The cose Is one which eycltes sympathy, it Is a case that every citizen
feel* more than ordinary Interest to, but tt Is a case which should be consider
ed from both sides. It It true that Stripling assassinated Cornett In his home
without warninr; It is true that he was given a fair and Impartial trial by
twelve of Harris county’s beet cltlsent, and after hearing all the evidence at
the time when the crime was fresh In the minds of all In that county, the cltt
sens who knew both parties and their characters decided to render a verdict
against Stripling, Imposing a life sentence In the chalngnog. He escaped
and for fourteen years he was a free man. He lived a life'of a good cltlsen
and was promoted from policeman to the highest office In the police depart
ment of Danville, Va., that of chief. His record there Is said to have been
good and his services satisfactory to the officials of that city. He haa a family
who are dependent upon him for a living and all ot his children, except one,
never knew, until his arrest, (hat his name was not Morris and that their
father was a fugitive from Justice. To those little children the sympathy of
the whole people goes out. Dut with all that, will It Justify the governor to
grant!* pardon? Not In our oplnloa He ts guilty of assassinating Cornett
and no act of.his can Justify a pardon. If what Stripling claims to be true
which occasioned him to take the life ot bit neighbor, the Jury which eat on
bis case In Harris county was ■ different class of citizens than the average
Georgian. We firmly believe that If It bad been proven that Cornett was
guilty of the charges now being made agilnst him, that Jury would have set
Stripling free. . . — «
If a man commits a crime he should suffer for IL and the way ot bringing
to bear on the courts and other bodies Influences to defeat the purpose ot the
law ahould not be tolerated In this state. We do not believe that the gover
nor will ever approve the recommendation of the prison commission. We do
not believe that Mr. Strptlng Should walk the streets a free man after com
mitting a crime which deserves the penalty Imposed by the Harris county
court t \
Pardons are too Matty obtained and the day la coming in this state, un-
Jss* it is anted, when It will be Impossible to cause the criminal to serve
THE SOUTHERN POULTRY ASSOCIATION.
Athens, classic Athens, is to do honor to the humble hen. Orpit may
perhaps more nearly beside the mark to say that Athenians will take delight
In paying a deserved tribute of respect to her majesty, The Hen. Her lay
to be lauded above that of the last minstrel or the next to the last or any
the rest; her setting will be of golden and silver color; and her markings will
be the criteria of fowl aristocracy. The organization of the Southern Poultp,
Association In Athens means that scores—almost hundreds of citizens here
who Have become interested In raising better fowls will have a crystallzed
organization to hold them together and give them additional advantages and
encouragement. Not only that but hundreds will be Interested in the neigh
boring counties, the nearby towns and the other cities of the state—and even
Into other states will the association go for Its membership and Its Increasing
importance. The association will mean thousands of dollars to the members
here and thus will mean much In this way for Athens. In addition; If the
great poultry exposition is held here In the coming fall or winter there w
pc the'most marvelous exhibition of what Athens Is already doing in 'he wa;
of producing fine fowls and-allied lineB—more wonderful, than any except
possibly a very few who are In the business and hare thoroughly canvassed
the city, are aware of. There will also be attracted to Athens for the show
hundreds of poultry fanciers, commercial raisers, judges and dealers from not
oqly all over Georgia but from all over the South and some from other s^c
tlons. Athens will get Into the game along the chicken line—and the cotin
try Is simply going foolish overxhe feathered tribes of domestic birds. Ath
~ens has some as fine birds ns any city on the continent and she must let the
world know about It.
HOW THE RAILROADS SPEND THEIR MONEY.
Some most Interesting figures to the laymen are presented tn the sev
enth annua) volume of Railway Statistics published by the Sisson Thompson
Bureau of Hallway News and Statistics. There It much of information and
much of Interest In the more than a hundred pages of facts and figures pre-
-eented by the railroads’ reports compiled and classified. To the average
reader, however, the diagram on the hack cover ot the report is more sug
gestive and more comprehensive than any other page In the volume. Some
of Its revelations are surprising even to those who have thought about
where the money the railroads earn goes to. The diagram Is heads'!: “How
the gross earnings of American railways were distributed In 1919.” Forty-
two per cent of these gross earnings went directly to labor employed by the
railroads. The remainder went as follows: Material for equipment and
structures and .supplies, 9.15 per’cent (70 per cent labor); hire and rental
of equipment and buildings, 2.23 per cent; betterment preserves and sun
dries, 2.10 per cent: damages and Injuries, 1.99 per cent; rents of leased
lines, 4.58 per cent; dividends, 4.89 per cent; interest on funded debt, 13.27
percent: taxes, 3.82 pbreent; fuel and ol! <80 per cent labor), 8.66 per cent;
other deductions and surplus, 4./o per cenL
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HEADED FOR HI0H SCHOOL- AND COLLEGE.
Two out of every hundred pupils enrolled In the common schools of the
state and the public schools ot the towns and cities of Georgia will become
matriculates tn the University or some college.
About six out of every hundred of these elementary school children will be
come high school students.
One out of every four of the high school students will take a college
course. '
These figures are taken from the recent compilation of statistics made by
Professor J. S. Stewart, professor of secondary education at the University of
Georgia He has been among' the schools of the state and has gotten hit tig-
ures first hand. " •
Twenty-five out of every hundred high school students will enter the Cnl
verslty or the denominational colleges or the normal or professional or tec tv
nocal institutions to work for a degree. More than that number will take
short courses In the colleges.
There ought to be by many times more elementary school children head
ed for the high school; there ought to be even more of the high school stu
dents on their way to some college—-not all to become lawyers and doctor*
and dentists and preachers, but some teachers, some technically trained work
ers, some engineers, some scientific farmers. And there ought to be lqflnlte-
ly more of the child population of the state In' the elementary schools. The
parents of the state are being educated and presently we shall see Georgia
waking up educationally, shaking herself and beginning to get into |ine In the
school world-aa .she has already done In the businMs-world.
THE QOVERNOR AND PARDONS FOR CONVICTS.
It has come to pass that a very large portion of the lime of the Governor
of Georgia’Is taken up In reviewing the cases of convicts who are seeking re-
ductlon of sentences. Under the present law the governor has the final word
in thesq cases and it becomes necessary for him to pass on all application* for
clemency, even after the pardon board has gone Into the case thoroughly and
made its recommendation.
We do not believe that ’he granting of pardons should he taken complete
ly away from the governor, for In the more Important cases he should have the
final word, but something should be done, no doubt, that would relieve the
governor of the great mass of work that is pilling up from this source and that
takes-jrWay his attention from important matters of state.
The Valdosta Times has the following article on this subject which Is
worth reading and pondering thoroughly:
The Georgia legislature ought to take from the governor the bur
den of giving or refusing a commutation of sentence to prisoners In
the chaingang of the state or others who have been convicted of
crime. There are a dozen reasons why the executive ought not to be
burdened with these things. In the first place, bis duties are great
enough without his having to devote half his time to making himself
acquainted with long records In the trial of cases.
There are from forty to eighty before the governor every month. He
has to go through all of them. Some of them are very long and re
quire very close study. The dispatches say that Governor Brown
has had to sit up all night long two or three nights this week looking
Into various Important cases that have been turned over to him by
the pardon^oard. The hard fight usually comes before the Governor.
It-4s the "last chance,” as It were, and the lawyers gather all their
resources (and then some) for the battle before him.
There are hundreds of duties that come before the governor ev
ery day that the public docs not dream of. His is a hard task and the
conscientious governor who tries to hew straight to the line and to
do the correct thing every time has to devote’s great deal of time to
Investigating the various matters before hfm In order to deal with
them advisedly. An o’.icial who "plays politics” with the various af
fairs of the state may not find the task so difficult, but an honest,
sincere executive like Coventor Brown, who wishes to be guided only
by his sense of JustltA and right will find the path of duty more fre
quently strewn with thorns than roses. '
The governor ought to be Relieved of the duty of having to pass
upon the fate of the two or three Thousand prisoners In the chaingang,
as well n* the fate of those unforunate one* whose live* are demanded
to satisfy the laws. There are too many applications for changes of
sentence, and the governor has too many other responsibilities to con
sume his time. The law ought to be changed.
DEMOCRATS RUSHING BUSINESS.
The democrats of the house of representatives have given the country a
distinct shock. They hare buckled down to business in a most surprising
manner and are enacting laws right along. The country was expecting mors
or less wrangling and a slow movement towards'legislation, but in this ths
peop.e have been surprised. The democrats have ceased to act as In ths
past and have come down to hard and systematic and effective work from ths
very opening day of the session.
The republicans arc sitting up and taking notice. They see that the dem
ocrats mean business. They are about the most surprised bunch in the en
tire country just now. They laughed In their sleeve* and waited for the dem
ocrats to make Jjreaks that would destroy all the advantages the party bad
gained at the last election. But the democrats have not been so foolish as to
throw away those advantages. They have gone about thetr work In a busi
ness-like and statesmanlike way and the country Is applauding.
It appears now tbnt the democrats are going to put through every special
democratic measure on' the legislative program of the party by Meiy 1st and
then sit ^ack and watch the republican senate wrangle. The senate will soon
have enough to keep It busy for several months and the house will then be
able to tnarkJIme.. It ts tbe evident Intention of the bouse democrats to pass
such bills as seem to be necessary for the relief ot the people and roll the re
sponsibility off on the shoulders of the republicans of the senate. If ths
measures fail to get through then the responsibility will be on the republican
party and the people will know exactly where to place the blame.
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THIS IS MY 47TH BIRTHDAY. ♦
William A. Shanklln.
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Dr. William A. Shanklln, president
of Wesleyan University, Middletown
Conn, was born In Carrollton, Mo.,
April 18, 1864. Ke prepared In bis
native state for Hamlin college;
here he received hla bachelor’s de
gree In 1883. Later he entered the
ministry and received hit degree of
T. B. from the Garrett Biblical
Institute In 181. In tbe middle west
he quickly- won a reputation for high
scholarship and. executive ability.
After holding Important Methodist
pltropal pastorates In Kansas,
ashlngton, Iowa and Pennsylvania
accepted the presidency of Upper
fowa University. In four years ha
doubled its endowment, remodeled
several of the college buildings and
sreatlv Increased the enrollment of
the students. He remained at the
head of the Iowa Institution until
elected, |n/1909, to the presidency of
esleyan University In. succession to
President Bradford P. Raymond.
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A Reliable Msdlelns—Not a Narcotic
Mr*. F. Marti. SL Joe, Mich., says:
"Our little boy contracted a severe
bitonchlel trouble and aa the doctor’!
medicine did not cure btm, t gave
him Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound In which I have great faltb. It
cured the cough as well aa the chok
ing and tagging spells, and ba got
well Ina abort time. Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound has msny times
saved us much trouble and we are
never without It In tbe bouse. Sold
by all druggists. X
There will soon be little to criti
cise about the railway passenger sta
tions of the city of Athens. The S.
L Is going right ahead with a
magnificent station that- will be a
credit to the road and to the city.
ONTARIO LIBRARY
- ASSOCIATION MET9.
Toronto. OnL, April 17.—Ths li
brary boards of nearly all large and
many smallea cities and towns of
Ontario are represented by delegates
nt the eleventh annual meeting of the
Ontario*- Library Association which
opened here at (he Public Library for
two days session. The work of
the librarian, the relations of the li
brary to technical education and tbs
use of the library for children will be
among tbe subjects to be considered
dlfcuned by experts at this meeting.
Good rrsulta always follow tb* use
or Foley Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief tn all canes or kidney
and, bladder disorder!. Try them.
Sold by nil druggist*. X
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The woolen tariff schedule begins The Amherst professor who has d*^
Jo tremble tn It* socks. * - cla'red swearing la tbe universal lan-
0 guage and la necessary muat have
Tbe weather'll soon better and wd been brought up fn tb*'"Uncle Joe
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the answer will be "Just tbe original
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ft Is made -of the best material to
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vice nnder all conditions.
It Is worth while roofing. /
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