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MANY CANDIDATES PROPOSED
FOR COUNTY KOMMISSlONERS
ATHENS. UA..
MEN WHO ADVOCATE
AMENDMENT PROPOSE
CANDIDATES FOR
PLACES.
STRONG TICKET
JUST PROPOSED
Messrs. H. C. Tuck, W. L. Childs,
and R. L. Bramblet, are Sug-
ested as Candidates by Major
ity of Men Who Favored
Amendment—These Men Are
Approached by Many Friends.
No One Has Yet Announced
Hut Expected That All Will
I)o So—Other Announcements'
Expected—Mr. J. M. Hodgson
May Enter Race — Election
Held on December 3.
While as yet no candidate has an
nounced for tKe position of county
commissioner it is understood that
several announcements may be
pected in the course of the next few
days. Of the present commissioners
it is practically certain that Messrs.
Pittard and Holman will not be can-
. didates ia&he coming election,
thought,- however, tnat Mr. J. M.
Hodgson wilt be in the race for
aftb* places. He has been promi-
'nentlx mentioned for the place and
though tk yet, he has made no an-
nr>”T?,-ement, definite work is expected
from him at almost any time.
Around on the streets this morning
the men iwho favored the passage of
the amendment providing for the di.
rect election of the commissioners,
OF COMMERCE HAS
SOME PRIZE OFFERS
Will Give $10.00 in Cash to the
Person Furnishing the Best
List of Georgia Products Suit
able For Serving at a Dinner
on “Georgia Products Day”.
Other Prize Offers.
(Special to The Herald.)
r Atlanta, Ga., October 30.—To the
person furnishing the best list of
Georgia products suitable for servin L
at a dinner on Georgia Products Day,
November 18, the Geof-gia Chamber of
Commerce will give a prize of ten
dollars in cash, provided the list be
received by November 7.
To the Georgian sending in the best
menu of Georgia products suitable for
sarving at the dinners, a prize of ten
dollars will be given, provided the
menu be received by November 11.
Finally, a prize of ten doliais will
be given for the best menu actually
served. The judges will be selected
from among the best known hotel men
in Atlanta.
The idea of the dinners on Georgia
Products Day, which has officially
been named as Tuesday, November 18,
is to stimulate interest in the im
mense variety of products grown in
Georgia. As has been stated in an of
ficial publication of the Georgia de
partment of agriculture, it is stated
that Georgia is so blessed in her pro
ducts that, if a wall should be built
around the entire state, it would be
OIRECI ELECTION
COUNTY OFFICERS'
. W8NJSTERDAY
,MAJ<
'Y Dll
RATIFY DIRECT ELEC
TION OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
CITY AND COUNTY
VOTE IN FAVOR
Election Yesterday One of Quiet
est oCunty Has Ever Ex-
• perienced—752 Votes Cast,
456 of Which Were For
Amendment-Election of Com
missioners on December 3.
City gfrfes Amendment a Ma
jority Yof 56 Votes—Under
stood That Several Prominent
Men Announce as Candidates.
discussing certain men as prob- able to maintain in comfort not only
able candidates. It seems certain that the present population but ten million
the men who are favored by the ma- additional people. To give publicity
Jonty of amendment supporters are j to this idea, to teath the people of the
Messrs. H. C. Tuck, W. L. Childs, and
R. L. Bramblett. These men are all
being approached by their various
friends and urged to enter the race.
As yet none of them have announced,
but it is generally believed that all
of them will do so in the course of a
very short time.
AH of the men are well-known here
In Athens. Mr. Tuck is a prominent
lawyer* well acquainted'with county
affairs. Mr. Childs owns ana operates
large farming interests down in the
lower edge of the county and resides
in Athens. It is believed by his sup
porters that on account of his inti
mate knowledge of conditions and the
tact that he twill have the time to de
note to county affairs, that Mr. Childs
mill make a most valuable commis-
lioner. Mr. Bramblett is a merchant
!n the Princeton factory district, and
if he decides to run would make the
country member of the proposed
ticket. Mr. Bramblett is well known
throughout the county and if he be
comes a candidate will enter the race
with a large backing, \
Besides these men wco have been
mentioned it is generally thought that
there will be other candidates in the
field. Several prospective candidates
are known to have been testinf the
sentiment of the people and though
no one has yet announced, a lively
»nd hotly contested campaign is gen-
irally expected. -
* The election will be held on the first
Wednesday in December and the suc
cessful candidates will begin their
term of office on the first of the new
year. They will serve for one year
only. At the general election next
October, commissioners will again me
ilected and will serve for a term
Tour years beginning on January 1,
1915.
state how wonderfully blessed they
and to instruct them in the poten
tialities of Georgia the plan of hav
ing at a set hour on a set day an ex
ploitation of what Georgia can furnish
to eat wan conceived and will be- put
into execution through the efforts of
the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
Already enough assurances have
been received by Messrs. Haden and
McKinney, -jvho * -are -piloting the af
fairs of.the state chamber for the
present, to indicate that at least 15(1
towns in the state will give public
dinners on Georgia Products Day,
though not every county is yet repre
sented. At these dinners speakers
will be provided by the state chamber
who will endeavor to impress upon
all the people the greatness of Geor
gia. On the night of November 18
details *of the various dinners, num
ber of diners, etc., will be wired into
the offices of the chamber of Atlanta,
whence they will be put into news
form and distributed through the
channels where they will bring the
greatest amount of advertising
Georgia. The forces of the organiza
tion are struggling now to line up the
cities throughout the state so that not
county will be' missin^from the list
of diners.
Meantime every Georgian is invited
to win one or more of the prizes of
fered by the Georgia Chamber
Commerce for the best menus and best
and most complete list of Georgia pro
ducts. All lists must be received by
the dates nominated above and each
should be addressed to the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce, 1001 Hurt
Building, Atlanta, Ga.
DUKE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
Seattle, Wash., October 30.—Laiw-
The amendment providing for the
direct election of the county commis
sioners carried in the election of yes
terday by 160 majority. The election
was one of the quietest even witnessed
here and the vote cast was . compara
tively small. Out of something over
1,500 registered voters in ihe city
district only (512 votes were cast. The
total vote was 752.
About no’on yesterday it could be
seen that the amendment would carry
and as forecasted in The Herald, both
,the city and couiiTFy. precincts went
for the measure. The country pre
cincts gave a majority of 104 and the
216th district, the city of Athens, gave
a majority of 56. Two of the country
districts, Winterville and Buck Branch
went against the amendment by ma
jorities of 12 and 17, respectively.
The election for the commissioners
will be held on the first Wednesday
December. At this time- three com
missioners will be elected to serve for
period of one year. At the regular
H
COTTON! RIME
Cotton 6inne$ Prior to October
18, Shows 1 Increase of 114#
Bales Over Last • Yea/—Mr.
John Anderson Just iri'Receipt
of Letter From Bureaii of
Census — Increase May Go
Even Higher.
The latest ijovemment report shows
that much more cotton is being gin
ned in Clarke county this year than
was last. Air. John T. Anderson,^ihe
president of-the Andersozt
company, Is just in receipt
ter from Wm. J. Harris, director 0i
the bureau of the census, showing
a comparison of the number of bales
ginned here in ; Clarke county prior io
October 18 in the year 1912 and 1913.
The report «j)hows thaf'While last
year *4,817 bales had been ginndd
prior to Octcfoer 18, this year 5,963
bales had tyeen ginned prior to that
date. This is an increase of 1,143
bales, and at the present price of cot
ton is of untold value to the people of
this city and section. In the report
rouna bales were counted as half
bales, it is believed that before the
season clones the increase will be
more marked on account of the late
crop.
Mr. Anderson is? the agent here for
the government a$ to the number of
bales ginned and hs to the quantity
manufactured. Tliej; letter from Mr.
ttarris to Air. Anderson stated that
his early telegraphic report was com
pletely verified by the later tabulated
gmners reports. >
general, election to be helt^in October,
1914, the county commissioners will
again be elected, this time to serve
for a period of four years. At all
other elections the commissioners will
be elected to serve for four years.
At all other elections the comraissien-
will.be elected-to serve for four
year'terms. The successful candi
dates in the election to be held this
ecember will begiiv their term of of-
ficeon the first of next January.
As yet no candidates have an
nounced for the places though it is
understood that several promineni
men are contemplating making the
race. The chairman of the board will
receive a salary of $400 per annum
and the other two commissioners $300
each.
The adoption by the people of
the amendment is considered as quite
an indorsement of Representative
Rhodes, who ran on a direct election
platform and who introduced the bill
providing far the election of yester
day. Mr. Rhodes was strong in his
support of the amendment and was
much gratified by the result.
Splendid Display of Agrricultiir*
a] Products, Live Stock and
Other Exhibits Being
✓ Shown.!
The official figures are as follows:
For Against.
Dist. No. Ratifi’n. Ratifi’n.
216— Athens 284 228
217— Ga. Factory
OCONEE COUNTY
'JAIL IS HELL,”
SAYS HAWTHORNE
WITH HER ANTICS
Julian Hawthorne, son of the famous
author, and himself an author of note,
has just been freed from the Federal
at Atlanta, Ga., to which he
was sent for fraudulent use of the
mails in promoting a mining scheme.
Jail is' hell/' said he when he step
ped off a train in New York.
Hawthorne seemed vigorous and a
trifle heavier than when he was taken
to the prison. He and his friend and
fellow-promoter, Dr. L. W. Morton,
were released at the same time.
New York, October 30.—Mra. Effie
Pope Hill Alsop, who married Edward
Alsop, the 76-year-old millionaire
f Pittsburg, last year, is back" «*
town, an item that might have been
placed in society notes if she had not
gone into a tangonian hotel in West
Thirty-nirith street late this after
noon. *
She issqed alone about 7 o’clock and
entered a taxicab, instructing the
chauffeur to convey her v -to another
home of terpsichorean grace, three
doors away. In there she did not re
main long, and when she came out the
chauffeur was told to make for the
Hotel Ansonia. '/■'
The chauffeur followed instructions,
and when the hotel was reached ha
asserts that his spirited passenger
walked into the lobby, did a few tango
steps, and then came out to Broadway,
her head so high that she didn’t no
tice him. Humphrey Courtney, the
chauffeur, asked her for the taxi hire,
$1.80, a request, he says, that was
heeded -with a remark that he v’as no
gentleman.
Courtney called for the police and
the patronmen made their entrance at
a moment, they say, when Mrs. Alsop
was in the middle of an exhibition of
all the steps known to dancing, fjrom
the renaissance forward.
The patrolmen bundled Mrs. Alsop
into the taxicab and took her to the
West Sixty-eighth street station
where the chauffeur said what he had
to say and Mrs. Alsop said practically
nothing of consequence, so the lieu
tenant entered a charge of disorderly
conduct against her.
“Telephone my husband at once,”
she said, “for I have no money.” \
The lieutenant seemed surprised at
this statement for she was weariifg
about $9,009 worth of jewelry. He
didn’t know that Mrs. Alsop usually
burdens herself with $20,000 iworth.
Mr. Alsop soon arrived and imme
diately went forth in search of anoth
er bondsman. He did not find ont, and
Mrs. Alsop was later taken to the
night court and discharged, her hus
band paying the taxi charge.
Mrs. Alsop is 28 and comes from
Georgia. She was married here on
February 15, 1912, to Alsop. They
have a beautiful home in Washington.
US FREED
Two Hundred People . Sat AS
Night in Courtroom Awaiting
ii ilwf Verdict—Woman Bust
iilnto Tears For the First Time
Since the Trial Began—Thank-
r<ed the Jury Individually.
(By Asaadated Press.)
Plymouth, Mass., Octobe SO.—Mrs.
Jennie May \ Eaton waa early this
morning acquitted of the charge of
murdering: her husband, Rear Admiral
Joseph G. E^ton, after the jury had
been out all night. .
Although there seemed little pros
pect of a verdict before this morning,
more than two hundred persons sat
through the tedious night. Mrs. Eaton
thanked the jurymen individually. She
burst into tears for the first time since
the trial started.
Because of the prominence of the
rear admiral, the trial attracted coun
try-wide interest. The admiral took
a prominent part in the battle of San
tiago. After his retirement he set
tled down at Assinippi on a chicken
farm.. He died last March. His wife
was arrested about a week later, ac
cused of poisoning him.
218— P dry ear’s
219— Sandy Creek
220— Buck Branch
241—Bradberry’s .
1347—Kenney’s ...
1467—Princeton ..
11
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Ocoazee County f^r opanedto-
day for a two days session. The fair
opened with the biggest, best and
most; ^attractive -displays of agricul-
turaTproducts, domestic science, man
ual arts, live tstock and other at-
nual arts, Live stock and other at-
tactive displays. This is an annual
affair, this being the third time same
has >een held, and only products of
Oconee county are exhibited.
The largest crowd is in attendance
at this time than at any fair hereto
fore held and interest is being gen
erally aroused in progressive farming
throughout the county.
Oconee is on^ of the foremost coun
ties* of the state as to progressive
farming.
The fair is being conducted under!
supervision of Rev. J. W. McWhorter,
county school commissioner, and other
officials of the county.
The following schools of Oconee
county has exhibits from Watkins-
ville, Mars-Hill, Bogart, Booth's
Academy, Bishop, Salem, Doves Creek,
Mary Carithers. The displays are a’l
well made up and show that the rural
schools of Oconee county are among
'the front rank rural schools of the
state.
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STRIKING MINERS
ARE III UGLY MOOD
(By Associated Press.)
Trinidad. Colo., October 30.—The
coal strike situation in southern Colo
rado looked more serious this morning.
than—Kt any time since the trouble
started. The troops. were scattered
throughout the camps to preserve or
der. The strikers are in' an ugly
mood. ' \ , . >
Six hundred members of the state 1
militia rested in the camps, .today
awaiting orders from the adjutant-
general. They expect to Receive In
structions to . "
(By Associated
London, October 30.—
committee was formed h
ask the British goyernmei
sider its decision in regard
pation in the Panarna-Paci
tion. The movement is bactl
heads of steamship, comme
manufacturing companies, 'a 1
mittee points out that circun
have changed since the Unita
JUDGE MILLER IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
Washington, D. C., October 30.—
Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, is in
Washington to appear before the su
preme court in the case of Salgue
Totals 456 296
Majority in favor of election by fife
people, 160.
WEATHER FORECAST
rence Duke, son of Brodie Duke, j against the Aetna Life Insurance
wealthy tobacco manufacturer, plead
ed not guilty yesterday in the supe
rior court to the charge of manslaugh
ter preferred when Duke’s automobile
ran down and killed two men «on th$
country rood near here two
berly and Jfsse Harris jfte the oppos
ing counsetT *
“That will do, John Henry. I gave you
no letter to mail.”—Judge.
TWO ARSON CASES ARE DISPOSED
• > OF IN JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT
* (Special to The Herald.)
Jefferson, Ga., October 30.—The
August adjourned term of Jackson su
perior court, which convened^ Monday
last, adjourned; liitc yesterday'evening
after disposwmt several rivil cases
•of but little importance and the fol
lowing criminal cases, to-wit: The
case of tho State v*. “Bear” Mont
gomery, coj., charged with burning a
1 in Jefferson la*t May, occapf
the state’s witnesses. The jury found
the defendant -guilty and the court
imposed a sentence of twelve and a
half years in the penitentiary.
The case of the State against Will
Cummings, charged with burning the
barn of Barselton Brothers 0 couple
of months ago. This also .was a case
of considerable interest owing to the
prominence of Braselton Brothers, and
the peculiarity of the case, it being
contended that the defendant, onl;
SOUTH [DOOMS
Will HOLD IHOCE
(By Associated Press.)
Nashville, Tenn., Qctober 30.—Ed
ucators from throughout the.$outh are
arriving here today* for the opening
session tonight of the Southern Edu
cational conference. The meeting
will last three days. The attendance
of more than a thousand delegates 13
expected. Many prominent educa
tors are on the program for addresses.
or add^esi
TAKES UP FARMING.
Mr. W. F, Coleman, a popular ma
st for some time in the employ of
chmist for some time an the employ of
R. L. Moss Manufacturing compand
has decided to take .qp the agricultural
life and is now on % his farm a few
miles -out of Athens. Mr. Coleman
states that he contemplates punching
large-sized bole in the high cost of
living.
by Mr^.T. D. Davis, known as the old short time before the burning, took
'Webb Dairy barn, in which Mr. Davis up with his brother's wife, a pretty
id that
■; and his sons lost several hundred dol
lars of fqed stuff and stock, on which
[ there was no insurance, but the barn
► * was insured by its owner, Mrs. W. J,
Martin. This case was stubbornly
, fought, and was a long case, consum-
1 teg about two days, the defendant be-
-• teg represented by Messrs. T. J.
Shackelford, A. C. Brown and E. C.
Mahkffey, and the state by Solicitor
General John B. Gamble, assisted by
J. A» B. Mahaffey and J. 3- Ayers. A
goodly number of witnesses were used
-both rides, Ex-Mayor W. R. Joy-
figll *
little sixteen-year-old girl, an<
they, together went to the barn late
on the night of the burning, and tho
defendant, in lighting his pipe in th$
barn, threw the match down in hay
and fodder niicl caught the barn on
fire and made no attempt to put out
the fire. The little girl, who was cor
roborated, cfot only by several state's
witnesses, hut by the defendant him
self in several particulars, was the
principal witneis for the state..
The defendant; was found guilty and
a sentence of. five years in the peni-
of Atlanta, being used as one of tentiary was imposed by the court.
If Tammany should learnt hat to
be pulverized is to-be Sulzerized 1—Ex.
REMOVAL NOTICE
We have removed our Studio from
164H Clayton street to Clifton’s old
stand on College. avenue. We have
filed the majority of the negatives
made by Mr. Clifton covering a long
period of years, as well our own, and
they are in an excellent state of pres
ervation;' hence sharp prints are pos
sible and all orders for prints, can be
promptly excuted.
BOWDEN’S STUDIO,
College Ave.
Clifton’s Old Stand. adv.
Louisiana—Fair; frost to coast,
freezing in north;- Friday fair and
warmer.
Arkansasr-Fair and freezing; Fri
day fair'and warmer.
Oklahoma—Fair; not so cold.
East Texas—Fair; frost; warmer
in northwest; Friday fair and warmer.
West Texas—Increasing cloudiness
and warmer.
NoA^ Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, . Alabama ami Mississippi-
Fair; heavy frost.
Florida—Fairt frost tonight
north; Friday iVin.
The Weather Map.
New Orleans, LW., October 30.—The
map shows fair wAther in entire belt,
no rain except atiWilmington, N. C.
Killing frost is
the southern „
and the eastern"
Indications
cold weather wil
ing slightly in
east of the Mis:,
general, killing yfbi-„
There were hattonn
Texas, Palestimuchew
killing frost a1
Memphis, Vic!
son, Miss.;
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