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MONDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1914.
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rivp AT.TY union depot for Athens has ever been agitated before, or whether |
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Published Every Atternoun uurmg the WeeX uy
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
(No Sunday Issue.)
in the way of securing a union depot !
.or this city. However, if there are obstacles in the way is it
i.ot possible to remove them? We understand that the Georgia
and Centra! tracks already connect with the Seaboard, and going
on the assumption that it will be possible to secure such a union
UILLIAM G. GREDIG, Editor
E. W. CARROLL, Buaine.
Entered at the postoffie* a t Athens, Ga., for transmission through the mails
as matter of the second class.
VOL. 2
NO. 217
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Manager * depot The Herald would suggest that this would be a good propo
sition for the Chamber of Commerce to take up.
Aside from the inconvenience in a business way. the present
system leaves a bad impression upon travelers. If we had a
union depot it is apparent that the impression would be much
more favorable and an extremely busy apearance given where
traffic is now scattered ail over town. Of course, this is a minor
consideration as compared with the more important advantages
of having a union depot, which every business man is thoroughly
conversant with.
YVhy not a union depot for Athens?
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ATHENS. GA., MONDAY, MAY 4, 1914.
YVEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, D.fC., May 4.—Forecast for Georgia: Partly cloudy tonight
and Tuaadny; probably local showers.
YVHY NOT COMMISSION GOVERNMENT FOR ATHENS?
There is an ever-increasing sentiment in Athens in favor of
the commission form of government. Positively many new ad
herents to this businesslike system of municipal government
have been gained since the election last year on the question. The
proposition at that time was lost by a very narrow margin, the
majority against it being secured in a manner that was rightly
questioned by the champions of the improved system. The Herald
firmly believes that no such thing can be made to nullify the will
of the people when next it comes to an issue.
Why not commission government for Athens? It has been
shown to have been a boon to other cities suffering from ante-
quated and inefficient systems, so why should it not work to the
good of the people of this city. Why not? Admittedly some
voters were honestly opposed to certain features of the bill offered
to the people last year. Hpwever, it is quite easy to eliminate
whatever objectionable features were contained in that measure
and to offer a more perfect one.
It is rumored about town now that a movement is on foot to
circumvent the will of those who favor commission government,
and these latter we believe represent a majority of the voters of
Athens. The advocates of the commission system who are work
ing for its installation here are men of intelligence, of experience
and of keenness and they will not be easily deceived by any sub
terfuge to thwart their purpose.
Why not commission government for Athens ? YVhy is a fight
being made here against it? The recognized leader of the op
ponents of the proposed system has been practically, if not alto
gether, in control of political affairs in Athens and Clarke county
for many years. YVhy is he opposed to commission government?
Is he afraid he will lose some unusual advantage he may possess in
holding the reins politically?
There are no charges of corruption in the management of
the municipal affairs of Athens. It is a matter of wanting an
up-to-date form of government which will provide certain im
provements over what are now had. Is not that sufficient reason
for desiring a change to what has been shown to be an improve
ment over the old system? Therefore why not commission gov
ernment for Athens? It is the bounden duty of every citizen to
interest himself in the municipal affairs of the city. The Herald
might suggest that a part of this duty would be to study this
commission government system so as to be in a position to judge
between the two systems.
YVhy not commission government for Athens?
WILL ERWIN ON AFTERNOON PAPERS
From Tho Macon N“!ws.
POLITICAL
PICK-UPS
JUDGE THOMAS ENDORSED.
In the general presentments of the
Mitehell county grand jury read in
court last week, that body took oc
casion to express their choice of l
South Georgian fit to fill the high
office of governor of Georgia.
Judge W. E. Thomas, of the south
ern circuit, who held court here during
the first week of the recent April
term for Judge E- E. Cox, was the
gentleman singled out for the compli
ment.—Valdosta Times.
In this week’s issue of Harper’s Weekly, a thoughtful magazine for
thoughtful people, Will Irwin, the celebrated essayist and newspaper writer,
had a discussion of newspapers. Irwin himself is • graduate newspaper
man, and gained most of experience on the morning papers. However, that
does not prejudice him against the afternoon paper, which he recognizes
rightfully as the best paper—the best paper for all purposes, whether for
news or advertising. He says:
For reasons too complex to enumerate here, the evening paper
appear* to be the better advertising medium with women than the
morning newspaper. At least, the department stores say they
find it oo.
Not only department stores, but all other stores find it so. There was
a time, before the advent of the telephone and the telegraph when morn
ing papers monopolized the field. Against them the afternoon paper had
a long, hard struggle. But now the afternoon paper Is in the ascendency,
and ia there to stay. The number of afternoon pdpers ia rapidly increasing.
Even morning papers are changing their time of publication, leaving the
morning and entering the afternoon field. The successful, the money-making
papers, are the afternoon papers. The papers that are read—read at home,
by all the family, around the fireside, leisurely and thoroughly—are the
afternoon papers. In the morning a man seizes his paper, glimpses the
headlines, hastily eats his breakfast and hurries downtown. That night, or
that afternoon when work ia done, he has time to read his afternoon paper
at length, advertisements as well as headlines. And so it is with women.
They are too busy in the morning cleaning up the house, buying for
tho pantry and looking after the little ones to have time for the morning
paper. That night, when their work is done, the table is cleared and
the kids are asleep, they divide the afternoon paper with other members
of the family and eagerly explore its every column. Will Irwin tells the
truth about the afternoon paptrs.
SEED FOR.PRIVATE USE.
There’s a fine bit of a story out to
day on a well-known north Georgia
congressman, who has an agricultural
bent of his own and who dearly loves
to send free seed to his constituents,
A woman wrote him recently asking
for some garden seed. He sent back
by return mail a generous supply of
what she asked for, mailed in the reg.
ular official envelope. In a couple of
weeks the seeds went back to the
congressman. The woman had
the card on the corner of the envelope
which says, “43(0 fine for private
use. - ’ She wrote the following note
to the congressman:
“I am much obliged for the seeds,
but l wanted them for private use,
and could not possibly afford to run
the risk of having to pay the $300
fine.”
Fertilizer May Be
Made From Vesuvian
Ashes and Debris
THE PREVALENCE OF PERJURY.
The extent to which perjury is growing in this country is
most deplorable. Its spread is truly alarming. During the last
few years instances have come to light which show that many
persons will commit perjury with as little compunction as they
will kill an annoying fly. It is monstrous.
■ In a criminal case now in the courts decent men and women
have been appalled at the disclosure of perjured evidence. Too
Wf many people treat such instances too lightly, dismissing it with
a mere sm^e and a shrug of the shoulders. False swearing is
bringing our courts into disrepute.
The man or woman who is proven to have committed perjury
should be dealt with without mercy, and the officer of the law,
detective or lawyer who offers perjured evidence should be sent
to the penitentiary.
Perjury, however, is not confined to the courts. There are
those who year after year commit perjury in returning their
property for taxation. They apparently do so with no qualms of
conscience.
Lying is one of the most despicable sins with which human
beings are afflicted. Honest, upright men do not have any con
fidence in those whom they know to be addicted to lying. Such
men are not to be trusted. Yet there are men who consider
themselves honest who display absolutely no regard for the truth.
Where does the responsibility lie for this alarming increase
in lying? Is it in the home or elsewhere? Does business share
In the responsibility? It is time that some note is being taken of
i'thls disregard for the truth. Teach the principles of truth to
if the young in the home and the school; demand it in business and
’ punish severely every case of proven perjury. Perjured evidence
is one incentive to the mob spirit
(By Associated Press.)
_ Zurich, Switzerland, May 4.—Doctor
Kleiber, a chemist in the service of
the Swiss government, analyzed dur
ing a recent visit to Pompeii and Her
culancum the Vesuvian ashes and dr
bris, and found that they contain large
percentages of potash, suitable for the
manufacture of fertilizer. The potash
syndicate, established by the German
government, has almost a monopoly
of potash. The Italian government,
learning of Dr. Kleibers discoveries,
has communicated with him upon the
possibility of developing potash mines
in the vicinity of Vesuvius. He is
lookng into the matter. The largest
market outside Germany for potaah
fertilizer is the United States .
One hundred and twenty years ago
today occurred the events which re
sulted in aa insurrection for the inde
pendence of Ireland. At midnight of
that day Dublin was in an uproar.
The doors of a local legislative reform
club, a branch of the United Irish
men society, burst open with a crash.
Ia the doorway stood ths scarlet-coat
ed soldiers of tho king, covering the
assembled Irishmen with their guns.
The leaders wire arrested and carried
off to jail for treason. From this
moment dates the insurrection that
was fought out four years later. Ire
land was leaded with government
troops, but the society grew rapidly.
Oaths of mjYnbership and secrecy were
administered- Pikes and munitions of
war were secretly distributed and
hiddsn for the uprising. Tbe society
M rer 609,000 members at the be-
g of 1798. Stern measures to
stamp out the rebellion were Institut
ed. The insurrection began near
Spafferd on the 24th of May. It raged
for a month, closing In the battle of
Vinegar Hill with victory for the gov
ernment The rebellion cost the lives
of 160,000 Irishmen and 20,000 Eng
lish. Three years later the Irish par
liament was removed from Dublin and
united with the English at London.
PANAMA POLICE.
Panama, May 4.—George A. Hel-
fert, former governor of the territory
of Zamboanga in the Philippines, has
arrived in Panama to assume his stu
dies as instructor t* the police of the
republic. There are new about 800
men in the farce which polices the city
of Panama and Colon and other inhab
ited sections. It is said to be the
,)Ian of President Porras to have Mr.
lelfert organise a force on the order
of the Philippine Constabulary whose
duties will be the policing, of the In
terior of the republic. These are to
be both mounted and unmounted and
will be armed with a high-power cap-
bine.
Today, after more than a century
under the rule of the parliament of
London, it ia proposed to restore the
Irish parliament taken away in 1801,
and to give Ireland heme rala. The
country is split in two over the pro
position. The province of Ulster at
the north declares against the propos
al, while the balance of Ireland de
mands it. The bouse af commons has
twice passed the bill, and the third
passing, when the bill becomes a law,
ia near. More than 100,000 men of
Ulster stand in defiance against the
proposed government. They are or
ganized into a citizen army with some
of Great Britain’s greatest soldiers as
their leaders. The/ are drilling and
learning to shoot Straight Munitions
of war are being gathered. A fund
of $5,000,000 is being raised for the
support of “tbe dependent relatives
of the volunteers who may be wound
ed or killed in the fighting.” The
leaders of the government are striv
ing to avert civil war by conciliatory
measures. Mere than 26,000 British
troops ate asiyotbled today in the
government barracks in Ulster to put
down any uprising.
Mrs. Harriet C. Adams is probably
more versed on Latin-American af
fairs than any other woman in the
United States, she havinr covered
over forty thousand miles in Central
and South America, reaching every
country and many points before un
seen by a white woman.
All those F. F. V. Valentines are
doubtless jumping and squirming as
Mrs. B. B. goes about the country
collecting suffrage honors on the
name.—Ex.
Trade in Athens.
SPECIAL NOTICES
FIRE INSURANCE
The most consoling feature of a man’s business
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represent some of the largest and most substantial comn a „iJ
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We represent the Columbia—a home company, which is h.i.
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Good paint, properly applied, improves the appear
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You cannot afford to waste time and labor in
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last as long as H. & YV. PURE PREPARED
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Ask your dealer about its quality and for names
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
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CITY fSCHOOL NOTICE.
Until noon Friday, the 16th in«L,
the undersigned will receive sealed
bids for supplying tho city schools
with 168 tons of soft coal and 129
tons of coko. Give quotations for
June delivery .also for September de
livery. Coal and coke to be delivered
into bias of tho schools according to
the direction of the superintendent
For further Information see the su
perintendent.
GEO. H. PALMER,
Chairmen Committee on Supplies.
The Price
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mingham, etc.
No. 240, 12:50 p. m., baity except Sunday—Athene to Lula, where direct <
nection is made for Atlanta and all points Sou* and West
No. 262, 3:45 p. n. Daily—Athens to Lula, when direct connection ia made
for all points.
The construction of a pipeline 220
miles long has enabled oil to replace
wood for fuel for navigation and
other purposes in the interior of Con-
go.
A UNION DEPOT FOB ATHENS.
For a small city Athens is unusually blessed with railroads.
However, it works badly in various, ways to have four depots
^scattered, over the city. Hence, the query might be pertinently
put. Why not a union depot for Athens?
Jhe Herald does set know wfeethfr m mat this matter g a
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Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, etc.
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