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l 10 A TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913, Athens Gainesville v < Rome Dalton Augusta Macon Columbus Griffin Middle and North Georgia News ITES STIR VDTERS IN CITY £M All Registration Records Broken. Election To Be Held Early Next Month. MACON, Sept. 6.—With three can- didatefl for mayor, thirty-six for council, four for Judge of the new Municipal Court, and six for water works commissioner In the field, the citizens of Macon are now engaged in the liveliest political campaign that has ever Interested the present generation of voters. Several times three men have run for mayor in the same campaign, but never before have there been three full aldermanic tickets, running In support of the candidates, In the field The first candidate to announce was Arthur L. Daaher, a lawyer, who Is now serving In council, having been elected with and os a member of the Moore administration. How ever. Mr. Dasher has never been aligned with the administration, and early last December he marie the parting of the ways more pronounced by announcing for mayor. The ad ministration did not line up behind him, and the anti-administration fac tion refused to come to his support. So Mr. Dasher Is In the race abso lutely as an Independent. Recently he organized what he calls the “Wage Earners’’ party and selected a ticket composed mostly of salaried men. This ticket Is being revised *rd will not be announced In Its complete shape until next week. Smith and Miller Enter. About the first of August the an nouncement was made that Bridges Smith would run for Mayor as the administration candidate. Mr. Smith was City Clerk from 1888 to 1900, and then he served as Mayor for eight years. Since the flrHt of 1910 he has been City Clerk and the right- hand man of the Moore administra tion. During practically all of the time he has been in politics, Mr. Smith has also engaged In newspaper work aa a reporter or special writer for The Macon Telegraph. For a while It seemed that the con test would be solely between Smith and Dasher, but on August 16 Wallace Miller suddenly entered the fight. A week before it was suggested to Mr. Miller that he run for Mayor. He took the suggestion under consideration, returning In the meantime to Atlanta for attendance upon the last week of the Legislature. During the week he was bombarded with letters and telegrams, and upon his arrival here on Friday of that week he found him self besieged by scores of friends The next day a meeting was held, with the result to at that afternoon Mr. Miller made a definite announcement. Three days afterwards his aldermanic ticket was named, having been organized In record time. His candidacy got under full swing at once, and now he and his associates, backed by hun dreds of voters, are making a vigor ous and determined campaign. Council Candidates. On Bridges Smith’s ticket are the following candidates for council: First ward: J. R. Bowdre. secretary of County Board; T. O. Chestney re tired banker; F. M. Jones, merchant. | Second Ward. E. A. Adamson, me chanic; W. J. Garrlty. mechanic; John W. Ramsey, merchant. Third Ward; R. K. Hines, lawyer; Lee M. Happ, manufacturer and banker; Jesse W. Bates, traveling salesman. Fourth Ward; P. C. Hazlt'hurwt. cot ton buyer; R. H Thorpe, merchant, and Jake T Willis, mechanic. Of these Bowdre, Chestney, Adams, n, Hines, Happ and Thorpe are members of the present administration council. Miller's aldermanic ticket is as follows: First Ward—P. L. Hay, president of insurance company; H. A. Kennlngton, grocer; Charles Schaefer, mechanic. Second Ward— Will R. Evans, mechanic; R. Frank Merritt, grocer; W. O. Stevens, drug gist Third Ward Dr. W. O. Lee, banker and capitalist; H. W. Pittman, railroad agent; Steve M. Wright, druggist. Fourth Ward—J. B. Riley, vice president of drug company; Eden Taylor, Jr., real estate and insurance; F. Joe Bishop, contractor. Record Registration. Already all previous registration records have been broken by a reg istration of 3.400, and the books do not close until September 12. The executive committee will meet soon to fix a date for the election, which will probably be held during the first week in October. On September 17 there will be an elec tion for Water Commissioner and for judge of the new' Municipal Court, which will supplant the Justice of the peace courts Opposing Cliff T. Wil liamson, a boilermaker, for re-elec tion for the six-year term are C. E. Brunner, a druggist; H. R. Brown, a retired plumber; J. W. Wilcox, a civil engineer; T E. Crimmins, a painter, and Howell Harris, a col lector. The candidates for judge are Au gustin Daly. City Recorder; Lloyd Moore and Henry Strohecker, both veteran lawyers, and J. P. Burnett, lawyer and Justice of the peace. STOCK COMPANY TAKES OVER ATHENS BANNER ATHENS. Sept. 6.—The Athens Banner, published here as a morning paper by H. J. Rowe individually for the past seventeen years, appeared this week for the first time as a stock company, the Banner Publishing Company. H J. Rowe is still the big stock holder, but D. G. Bickers, managing editor; Charles E Martin, business manager; T W. Reed and E C. Cox are now members of the company. BOND OF BANK PRESIDENT IS REDUCED TO $10,000 ATHENS, Sept. 6.—Judge C. H. Brand set a bond of $10,000 for J. W Griffin, the bank president who Is being held under sentence in the Clarke County jail. His lawyers have been working for some time to get him released under bond, pending the motion for a new trial, and since the amount has been reduced from $15,- 000 to $10,000, it is thought he will make bond shortly. W ALLACE MILLER on the left, A. L. Dasher on the right, and Bridges Smith below, rival candidates for Mayor of Maeon. Mr. Smith, is a former Mayor and now City Clerk. He is the administration candidate. Mr. Miller, representative from Bibb County, and son of a for mer Mayor, heads a young men’s ticket. Mr. Dasher, now an Alderman, is running as an in dependent. ELECTRE Construction to Begin in October. Increase in Bonded Indebt edness $3,000,000. AUGUSTA. Sept. 8.—What will the Carolina and Georgia Railway mean to Augusta and this section of Qeor- | gta and South Carolina? That Is the question which has been asked many times since James U. Jackson an nounced that he had planned to build an electric railroad from this city to Columbia. The road will be started by the 1st of October, according to an announce ment from Mr. Jackson and Michael P. McGrath, the contractor, who will build the road. It w’as stated defi nitely that the road would go via Johnston, S. C., Instead of Eureka, thus taking in a very fertile section of country. It was further announced that a branch line would be con structed from Johnston to Green wood. An Increase- In the bonded indebt edness of the road from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 was authorized at the meeting of the directors last week. The connection of Johnston and Greenwood will mean that Augusta will be In direct touch with the great interurban system of electric rail ways built by the Dukes which runs from Charlotte down through the Piedmont section of South Carolina, touching Greenville, Spartanburg, Anniston and Oreenw'ood. It will then be possible to go all the way by elec tric train from Augusta to Charlotte and an arrangement may be made w r hereby one may take through trains from Augusta to Charlotte. It Is planned to build the Carolina and Georgia road from Olearw'ater Into Augusta along the level of the Horse Creek Valley as far as possi ble to prevent the grade both In go ing up the hill to Belvedere and com ing down the hill from North Au gusta. From Granltevllle to Clear water It will use the Augusta-Aiken track Both roads will connect again at the North Augusta bridge and come over the river and go out Thir teenth street. The Carolina and Geor gia may continue out Thirteenth and connect with the Georgia near the University Hospital and Medical Col lege and the cars wmuld then he shift ed to any part of the city. The pas sengers trains would, of course, run into the Union depot. Speakers for Good Roads Convention Noted Men Will Attend Meeting of Georgia Association In Augusta. College Students Flock to Athens to Enter University More Than 1,500, Representing Every State In Union, Expected. Indications Are That Field Will Be Full of Candidates for Bell’s Seat. GAINESVILLE, Sept. There promises to again be a lively race for Congress In the Ninth District next year. It Is likely to be a warmer contest than ever before In this dis trict, which has witnessed a number of very heated Congressional con tests. It Is presumed that Congressman Bell will again be a candidate to suc ceed himself. He has served three terms. It is quite nrobable that John N. Holder, of Jefferson, will announce as a candidate. He made the race last year against Congressman Bell and received a handsome vote throughout the district. While he has not publicly expressed himself in reference to making the race next time, it Is presumed that \V. A. Charters, of this city, will be prepared to shy his caster into the ring at the next go-round for Con gress. He secured a large and flat tering vote in the race he made the last election. John O. Adams, a member from Hall County in the General Assembly, has publicly announced that he is willing to become a candidate, and that in case his friend, Mr. Charters, does not make the race he will likely enter It. Dr. E. W. Watkins, of Ellijay, has already announced his candidacy. He made the race four years ago Colonel H. H. Perry, of this city, has been spoken of in connection with Congressional honors. He made the race for the Senate against Senator Bacon last election. There are also others In the district who have the matter of becoming Congressman from the Ninth on ths-ir minds, and there still may be other candidates w’hose names have never yet been published in connection with Congress. It its a foregone conclusion that the race will be well filled with en tries, and that the next election for Congress in the Ninth District will be a very lively one. Mrs. Bellamy's Plan Opposed by Brother Her Petition to Administer $20,030 Estate of Another Brother Denied by Ordinary. ATHENS, Sept. 6.—Monday will see the opening of the State Normal School here and in the next tw’o weeks there will be more than fifteen hundred college students in Athens for the opening of the three colleges here, the University of Georgia, the Normal School and Lucy Cobb. The University of Georgia and the State Agricultural College open on September 17, and the Indications are that this year will be the big gest in attendance that the Univer sity has ever had. Lucy Cobb Institute opens the same day and the principals, Misses Gerdlne and Brumby, have had the buildings and grounds improved dur ing the sumemr and are also antici pating an Increase In attendance. The city schools will begin their fall session next week. ALL CHOIRS JOIN CHORUS FOR REVIVAL IN DALTON DALTON, Sept. 6.—Prominent singers from the choirs of the va rious churches here have volunteered their services to the First Baptist Church for the big revival to be con ducted there by Rev. J. H. Dew, of Missouri. The revival will begin Sunday, September 14, and the large chorus already Is practicing the mu sic to be used. Survey of River for Levee at Augusta Government to Aid In Work—Hard wick Makes Good Fight. AUGUSTA, Sept. 6.—Nisbet Wing field, Commissioner of Public Works, has returned from Washington, D. C., where he appeared before the riv ers and harbors committee of Con gress to secure permission to have a survey ordered of the banks of the Savannah River at Augusta for the purpose of securing Government aid to build the levee. Wingfield was successful in inducing the order to be issued for the survey. 1 ELECTIONS FOR COLUMBUS FOLK Voters to Name Officials Just Four Days After Charter Con test in December. COLUMBUS, Sept. From an of- tidal standpoint, Columbus faces rather a peculiar situation, and one that difficulty may br* experienced In unraveling. The situation is this: The voters of the city will vote on the question of adopting the com mission form of government on De cember 10, Just four days before the annual election of a Mayor and eight Aldermen. Owing to the fact that m one will care to announce ns a can didate for either Mayor or Alder man, with an election pending that I AUGUSTA, Sept. 6.—Judge W. F. Eve president of the Good Roads As sociation of Georgia, is optimistic over the coming good roads convention to be held in Augusta in connection ■with the Georgia-Carolina Fair in November. Judge Eve expects hun dreds of delegates from both States, and talks will be made by distin guished speakers on tlje road ques tion. "The people of the South are real izing more and more the necessity of having good roads, and any county or community which has bad roads Is shunned by every automobillst,” " said Judge Eve. Residents of Dalton Like Sidewalk Law will mean h change In the charter of the city govern mo nt from the Mayor and aldermanic form to one of com mission government, until the elec tion la over, means that there will bo only four days left In which can didates can qualify for Mayor and Aldermen. Should the commission government carry, the question could be easily solved as to disposition of the of fices until the commissioners could be elected, because the present city charter provides that the incumbents shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. ^Usually there are a considerable number of candidates for Mayor and Aldermanic positions. Eight Aider- men hold over each year, and these eight will not have to be elected on December 14. the time for the regular city election, provided commission government doe» not carry, but there are eight Aldermen who will have to : be elected, as will a successor to Mayor Chappell, whose term expires January 1. No solution of the problem has been ! offered thus far. |15-P0UND CANTALOUPE GROWN IN FLOYD COUNTY ! ROME. Sept R. Considerable inter est was created here by the exhibition j of a fifteen-pound cantalouoe grown by Edgar Morton. The cantaloupe is per fect in shape and the grower says that I It Is not much larger than dozens of others In the same patch. ATHENS PRESBYTERY TO MEET AT JEFFERSON, GA. | ATHENS, Sept 6.—The Athens Presbytery, embracing fourteen coun ties. will meet with the Thyatlra Church, near Jefferson, on September 16. More than 34 churches are in I the Athens district, and the Rev. E. 1 L. Hill, of the First Presbyterian K Church here, is moderator. Curfew Law To Be Enforced at Athens Arrests of Young Boys Mayor to Issue Order. Leads ATHENS, Sept. 6.—Athens now has a curfew law, and all youngsters under the age of 14. unless accom panied by their parents or guardians, must be off the streets by 10 o'clock at night. The Mayor Issued th1s» edict as a result of several arrests of young boys for breaking into several houses and carrying on a regular, systematic line of thievery. Four young boys, ranging from 10 to 15 years of age, were arrested this week and sen tenced to the State Reformatory for continued thievery Last Sunday they entered the Chi Phi Chapter house and the residence of J. H. Moss and appropriated a number of arti cles. Odd Fellows Enter Teams in Contest Annual Convention of Eighteenth Division To Be Held at Eton. TO START WORK ON ROME’S $60,000 HOTEL ROME, Sept. 6.—Work on Rome’s ! new $60,100 hotel will begin about Oc tober 1. The present tenants of the old Choice House have been notified to vacate by September 15 and as soon after that date as possible the building 1 will be razed to make way for the new hostelry. CARBOLIC ACID BOTTLE BURSTS; CHILD BURNED ROME, Sept. 6.—The six-weeks-old Infant of Mr. and Mrs Cap Carpenter, of I.Indale, was severely burned when a quart bottle of carbolic acid broke and spattered on the child’s head and body. The baby’s mother was also burned by the acid, but she rushed to a drug store, w here medical attention was given both. DALTON, Sept. 6.—The Eighteenth Division of Odd Fellows, embracing the lodges of Whitfield, Murray, Bar tow, Gordon and Catoosa Counties, will hold the annual fall convention In Eton. Murray County, next Fri day and Saturday, an Interesting pro gram having been arranged for the gathering. Two different contests will feature the meeting. For the best drilled degree team a prize of $35 will be given, the second prize in this event being a banner, now held by Spring Place Lodge. The Murray County lodge which shows greatest skill In opening and closing of lodge will be awarded a prize of $10, offered by the past division deputy grand master, Buell Stark, of Dalton. BUSINESS COURSE FOR DALTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DALTON, Sept. 6.—-At a meeting of the Board of Education the pur chase of four standard-make type writers was authorized, and this year the busipess course will be made an important feature in the public schools. Typewriting, shorthand and bookkeeping will be taught, the de partment to be under the direction of Professor J. A. Humphries. TO ENTER JOHNS HOPKINS. ATHENS, Sept. 6.—Professor J. C. Koch, who has been at the good roads school of the University of Georgia for two years, has tendered his resig nation and will leave September 20' for Baltimore, where he will enter i Johns Hopkias- Wholesale Contract Letting Cited as Evidence of Popularity of Pacing Ordinance. DALTON, Sept. 6.—That property owners are. for the most part, pleas ed at City Council’s edict to have con structed permanent sidewalks of eith er tile or concrete. Is evidenced by the wholesale leting of contracts by prop erty owners. The first work, start ed on North Hamilton street, em braces a solid mile of concrete side walks, and Chairman Hamilton of the Street Committee has found none complaining of the order. At the last meeting of City Coun cil, other residential streets were add ed to the list passed up some time ago. Depot. Crawford and Waugh streets being among the number. The work on North Hamilton Is rapidly r progressing, and when all of thestreets as blocked out by the Council are completed, there will be between five and ten miles more of cement sidewalks here. “Developer of Efficient Executives” Salary Measures Capital Value You have a capital value. It increases or decreases. Your income is based on this value. The average Increase in sal ary of men attending Schools of Commerce varies from 6.4 per cent to 15 per cent each year. Capitalize the gain at 5 per cent—it represents $1,320 to $3,360 a year Increase capital value while in school. Has your capital value in creased that much in the last year? Work decisively THIS year. You can grow. You can Increase It. Take our collegiate courses In Commerce. Accounts, Finance and Commercial I,aw. Class hours don’t conflict with your work or pleasure. Number of students limited. Yottr future life and hap piness map be in the balance. Decide right Enroll now. Work be gins September 15th. Evening School of Commerce Georgia School of Technology 165 W. North Ave., Atlanta, Ga. Classes 6tt5 to 8:15 Ivy 4775 Free booklet on request MACON, Sept. 8—The Ordinary has denied the application of Mrs. El len Washington Bellamy for appoint ment as administratrix of the estate of her brother. Henry Washington, who died on June 8 at Milledgevllle, leaving an estate of about $20,000. The objection to her appointment was made by her brother, James Washington, of Forsyth, who is also the caveator to, the will of the late Hugh Vernon Washington, who died last year and made Mrs. Bellamy, his sister, the executrix of his will. H. V. Washington left an estate of over $150,000, all of which, he dlrectel, should go to the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion upon Mrs. Bellamy's death. Indian Chief Buried Under W.& A, Tracks History Searcher Shows Red Bird’s Grave Was Directly in Path of Railroad. SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY SESSION 1913-14, The Southern College of Medicine and Burgery will begin Its 1918-14 ses sion Monday, September 8, 1913 with a full staff of paid Professors. We have added a Pharmacy, Post-graduate and Literary School to the Medical Deport ment thus making the college complete in every sense for the matriculate in Medicine, Vast improvements have been made In the college building. Including the enlargement of the amphitheater, Chemical, Anatomical, Path ological, Bacteriological and Histological laboratories; with the addition of our new Hospital, the student will receive bedside training and have an op portunity of studying different cases in their several phases. POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL COURSE Our Post-Graduate School Course (six weeks) is for the busy practi tioner, who wishes to perfect himself in certain lines of work. PHARMACY SCHOOL. The Pharmacy School consists of two sessions, of arix months each, and will continue throughout the year the same as the Poat-Graduate School. For catalogue an<j Information apply to WM. BERNARD LINGO, M D., 1-54 McDaniel Dean 62-; IcDanlel street, Atlanta, Ga. DALTON, Sept. 6.—In delving into j the early history of Whitfield County, the interesting fact has been brought to light that the grave of Chief Red Bird is marked by one of the promi nent factors in modern progress, a railroad. When the Indians occupied this section, Red Bird was one of the big leaders of the tribe. He was buried near the northern limits of what Is now Dalton, his grave being west of where the Crown C tton Mills now stand. When the- Western and At lantic Railroad was built, the right of way was directly over the grave of the Indian chief, his grave being covered by the tracks. MISS WOODBERRY’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 428 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. Fall Session begins September 17. Enrollment dally at the school for collegiate, high school and grammar grades, and arrangements made for the boarding pupils. Professors In Plano, Voice, Expression, Violin, Art. Well equipped Primary Department for the first four grades. Large grounds, opposite the Governor’s Home, with basket ball and ten nis courts, open air classes In season, and the environment of a Chris tian school. MISS ROSA WOODBERRY, Principal. Candidates a Plenty- In Gainesville Race Five Aspirants for Mayor Already In Field. With Prospects of Several New Entries. GAINESVILLE, Sept. 6.—It Is said that the Mayoralty election this fall in Gainesville gives promise of being a live one. Among those mentioned who may become candidates are Dr. John B Rudolph, who was Mayor one term; R. D. Mitchell, formerly Mayor for two terms; George W. Walker, the present Mayor Fro Tem; H. N. Merck, several terms a member of Council, and J. D. Hardie, a present Councilman. Dr. P. E. B. Robertson Is the pres ent Mayor. He has not yet announc ed whether he will be a candidate for re-election. YOU WIN” YOUTHFUL SLAYER RELEASED. PERRY. Sept. 6.—George McClus- fer. a negro boy. who stabbed and killed Coy Barrett, aged 13 years, some time in August, has been re leased from jail by Judge A. C. Riley, of the City Court, because of his when the appe tite is normal and yon are able to eat without distress; but how quickly you go “down to tie- feat’’ when the “inner man” becomes weak. Play safe, and at the first sign of trouble you had better take HOSTETTERS STOMACH BITTERS It will help you con tinue to be a “winner.” MADE SAME DAY SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY Every school child must have a sound set of Teeth as part equipment tor the year’s work. Bring your children to us for FREE EXAMINATION; we will tell you frankly whether they can stand the test.;;;; DR. E. G. GRIFFIN'S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS 24 1-2 Whitehall Street, Over Brown & Allen’s Telephone Main 1708 Lady Attendant OUR PRICES WITH GUARANTEE: Set el Teeth $5 Gold Filling $| Gold Crowns $4 Amalgam Filling 50c . up Bridge Work $4 Teeth Cleaned... $1 up CHEAP EXCURSION TO FLORIDA Via G. S. & F. Railway. Fare from Macon to Jacksonville $4.00, Palatka $4.50, St. Augustine $4.50, and Tampa $6.00. Propor tionately low rates from in termediate stations. Spe cial trains leave Macon 10:30 a. m. and 11:30 a. m. September 9. Tickets lim ited five days. C. B. RHODES, G. P. A. Macon, Ga. *0 i-V ,.T