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♦ TTKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913. 10 A Augusta Macon Columbus Griffin Middle and North Georgia News Athens Gainesville 1 Rome Dalton ALLACE MILLER on the left, A. L. Dasher on the right, and R rid ires Smith below, rival candidatea for Mayor of Macon. Mr. Smith, is a former Mayor and now City Clerk. He ELECTRIC LINE 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. FROM AUGUSTA TO COLUMBIA All Registration Records Broken, Election To Be Held Early Next Month. MACON. Sept. 8.—With three can didatrw 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 encased In the liveliest political campaign that lias 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 aldermanio tickets, running In support of the candidates, In the field. The first candidate to announce •was Arthur L. Dasher, a lawyer, who Is now serving In council, having been elected with and as a member of the Moor© administration How ever, Mr. Dasher has never been aligned with the administration, and early last December he made the parting of the ways more pronounced by announcing for mayor. The ad ministration did not lin© up behind him. and the anti-administration fac tion refused to come to his support. So Mr. Daiher is In the race abso lutely as an Independent. Recently he organised what he calls the “Wage Earners'’ party and selected a ticket composed mostly of salaried men. This ticket Is being revised and 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 Bmith would run for Mayor as the administration candidate Mr. Smith was City Clerk from 1888 to 11*00, and then he served as Mayor for eight years. Since the first 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 as 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 18 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 hts arrival here on Friday of that week he found him self besieged by scores of friends The next day a meeting waa held, with the result teat that afternoon Mr. Miller made a definite announcement. Three days afterwards his aldermanic ticket was named, having been organized in record time. Ills 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 w r ard: J. R. Bowdre, secretary! of County Board; T. O. Cheatney re- J tired banker; F. M. Jones, merchant. Second Ward; E. A. Adamson, me chanic; W. J. Garrity, mechanic; John W. Ramsey, merchant. Third Ward: R. K. Hines, lawyer. Lee M H&pp, manufacturer and banker; Jesse W. Bates, traveling salesman. Fourth Ward; P. C. Hazlehurtd, cot ton buyer; R. S. Thorpe, merchant, anil Jake T. Willis, mechanic. Of these Bowdre, Chestney, Adumson, 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 Kennington. grocer; Charles Schaefer, mechanic. Second Ward Will R. Evans, mechanic; B. Frank Merritt, grocer; W. O. Stevens, drug gist. Third Ward Dr. W. G. 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 election 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. Criinmins. a painter, and Howell Harris, a col lector. The candidates for Judge are Au gustin Daly, City Recorder; Lloyd Moore and Henry Stroheoker. 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 undei h nd. pending the motion for a new tri il. and sin v the amount has been red . ♦- 1 from $15.- 000 to $10,000, it is thought he will make bond shortly. Construction to Begin in October. Increase in Bonded Indebt edness $3,000,000. AUGUSTA, Sept. What will the Carolina and Georgia Railway mean to Augusta and this section of Geor gia 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 was 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 lnterurban system of electric rail ways built by the Dukes which runs from Charlotte down through the Piedmont section of South Carolina, touching Greenville, Spartanburg, Annlstoo and Greenwood. It will then be possible to go all the way by elec tric train from Augusta to Charlotte and an arrangement may be made whereby one may take through trains from Augusta to Charlotte. It Is planned to build the Carolina and Georgia road from Clearwater Into AuguRta 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 dowm the hill from North Au gusta From GranitevlUe 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 a.nd 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 would then be 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 Aasoclation In Augusta. 1 ELECTIONS FOR COLUMBUS FOLK Voters to Name Officials Just Four Days After Charter Con test in December. COLUMBUS, Sept. Frnm.an of- flcial standpoint, Columbus fares rather a peculiar situation, and one that difficulty may b« experienced in unraveling. The situation Is this; The voters the city will vote on the question of adopting tin* com mission form of government on De cember 10, Just four days betfore the annual election of a Mayor and eight Aldermen. Owing to the fact that m one will care to announce as a can didate for either Mayor or Alder- I man, with an election ponding that will mean a change in the charter of the city government from the Mayor and aldermanic form to one of com mission government, until the elec tion is over, means that there will be only four days left In which can - | dldates can qualify for Mayor and Aldermen. Should the commission government carry, the question could be easily solved ns 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 theiir successors aru 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 he elected on December 14. the time for the roguNr city election, provided commission government does not carry, but there are eignt Aldermen who will have to be elected, ns will a successor to Mayor Chappell, whose term expires January 1 No solution of the problem has been offered thiu* far. \UGTTSTA, 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 the 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 automobilist,’* * said Judge Eve. Curfew Law To Be Enforced at Athens Arrests of Young Boys Leads Mayor to Issue Order. 15-POUND CANTALOUPE GROWN IN FLOYD COUNTY ROME. Sept 8 Considerable Inter est was created here by the exhibition I of a fifteen-pound cantaloupe grown by Edgar Morton. The cantaloupe Is per- i foot in shape and the grower says that ; it is not much larger than doxens of others in the same patch ATHENS PRESBYTERY TO MEET AT JJEFFERSON, GA. ATHENS. Sept 6.- The Athens Presbytery, embracing fourteen coun ties. will meet with the Thyntira Church, near Jefficrson. on September 16. More than 3*4 churches are in I the Athens district, and the Rev. E. I L. Hill, of the First Presbyterian l. Church here, la moderator. 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 afreets by 10 o’clock at night. The Mayor Issued this 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. TO START WORK ON ROME'S $60,000 HOTEL ROME. Sept 6.—Work on Rome's now hotel will begin about Oc tober l. 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 will be razed to make way for the new hostelry. CARBOLIC ACID BOTTLE BURSTS; CHILD BURNED Odd Fellows Enter Teams in Contest Annual Convention of Eighteenth Division To Be Held at Eton. ROME. Sept. 6—The six-weeks-old Infant of Mr. anj 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 add. but she rushed to a drug store, where medical attention wad given bvth. _ * DALTON, Sept. 6.—Th^ Eighteenth Division of Odd Fellows, embracing the lodges of Whitfield, Murray, Bar tow, Gordon and Catoosa Counties, will hold the annifnl fall convention In Eton, Murray County, next Fri day anil 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 Ijodge. The Mprrav 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 j of the Board of Education the pur chase of four standard-make type- I writers was authorized, and this year J the business course will be made an . important feature in the public 1 schools. Typewriting, shorthand and bookkeeping will be taught, the de- I 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 i school of the University of Georgia t'or two years, has tendered his resig nation and will leave September 20 . for Baltimore, where he will enter l Johns Hopkins. Residents of Dalton Like Sidewalk Law 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 w'ork on North Hamilton is rapidly 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. 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 Pro Tern; 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. YOUTHFUL SLAYER RELEASED. PERRY. Sept. 6.—George McClus- ter. 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 youth. 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 nrobabl© 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 W. 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. Charte-s. 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 j 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 their minds, and there still may be other candidates whose names have never yet been published in connection with Congress. It is 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 $20,0(10 Estate of Another Brother Denied by Ordinary. College Students Flock to Athens to Enter University More Than 1,500, Representing Every State In Union, Expected. ATHENS, Sept. 6.—Monday will see the opening of the State Normal School her6 and in the next two 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 flumemr 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.—Nlsbet 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 hanks of th< Savannah River at Augusta for the purpose of securing Government aif to build the levee. Wingfield was successful in inducing the order to be issued for the survey. 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. 44 Developer of Efficient Executives' 4 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 Law. Class hours don’t conflict with your work or pleasure. Number of students limited. Your future life and hap piness may 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 6s J5 to 8:15 Ivy 4775 Free booklet on request MACON, Sept. 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 Milledgevtlle, leaving an estate of about $20,000. The objection to her appointmen* 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 directed 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. DALTON, Sept. 6.—In delving into the early history of Whitfield County, j the interesting fact has been brought | to light that the grave of Chief ReJ Bird is marked by one of the promi nent factors in modem progress, a railroad. When the Indians occupied this section, Red Bird was one of the big leaders of the tribe. He was burled 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. when the appe tite is normal and i you are able to eat without distress; but how quickly you go “down to de 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. ’ ’ 1 “YOU WIN” SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY SESSION 1913-14. The Southern College of Medicine and Surgery will begin ft• pen sion Monday. September 8. 1918 with a full staff of paid Professor*. W© have added a Pharmacy, Post-graduate and Literary School to the Medical Depart ment thus making the college Complete in every sense for the matrlculata 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 wlil receive bedside training and have an op portunity of studying different cases In their several phases. POST-QRADUATE SCHOOL COURSE Our Post-Graduate School Course (»ix weeks) Is for the bu*y practi tioner, who wishes to perfect himself in oertaln ltnea of work. PHARMACY 8CHOOL The Pharmacy School consists of two sessions, of six months each, and will continue throughout the year the same as the Poet-Graduate School. For catalogue an<i Information apply to WM. BERNARD LINGO, M. D„ Dean 52-54 McDaniel street, Atlanta, Ga. 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 pupilk 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. ■ DAY SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY Every school child must have a sound set ot Teeth as part equipment tor the year’s work. Bring your children to us tor FREE EXAMINATION; we will tell you trankly whether they can stand the test.:::: DR. E. G. GRIFFIN’S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS 241-2 Whitehall Street, Over Brown & Allen’s Telephone Main 1708 Lady Attendant OUR PRICES WITH GUARANTEE: Set ot Teeth $5 Gold Filling $1 Gold Crowns $4 Amalgam Filling 50c . up Bridge Work $4 Teeth Cleaned... $1 up If h j I i