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ATHENS, GA., 1IIURSDAV MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1902.
$5.00 A YEAR.
UNION DEPOT
CAN BE BUILT.
The Railroad Men Are Now Taking an Interest in It
and Suggest a Plan by Whicih the Depot Can Be
Secured. Railroad Hen Greatly in Favor of
New Scheme. How It Can Be Secured.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL WILL BE MADE
A PERMANENT INSTITUTION HERE.
The Atheus Union depot quest-ni si
not attracting a< much attention ah that
of onr sisti-r city of Atlanta, but the
problem in Athens is much easier to be
holv d than there.
Enough gas of a certain quality han
been expended in Athens to build a
magnificent depot, hut it lias up to this
time gone through wrong pipes.
Hcally no d> finite action has ever been
taken by the citizens of Athens towards
securing the depot, aud consequently,
nothing has ever come of the move
ment.
Voluntarily, the railroad men have
begun to take an interest in the depot,
and an energetic and iutlaential railway
man who is anxious to have the new de
pot go up, suggests the following plan .
Let either the city council, or a mass
mooting of citizens get together aud ap
point a committee to hnild the new de
pot. Lot that committee get together,
ask for sites, select one, have the plan
for depot adequate to the needs of the
city drawn, get all the options necessary
and submit the result of their work to
the heads of the difif-rent railways com
ing into the city.
4-'he railroads will then get together
tjnd carry out the work begun by the
citizens of Athens, and the depot will
then be bnilt at once.
Ifhe gentleman who suhi))itted the
proposition to a representative of The
Banner says that he has had much ex.
perience in the building of onion depots
and thxt this is the only way which
succeeds. The railways never take the
initial steps in such matters for it means
pnd expenditure ot m v uey for tpom, but
puce that movement has began, and
they see that the people mean business,
they second any movement of inch na-
h Strife.*' ~
Lot the people of Athens for once
make a business proposition to the rail
ways, and The banner is confident that
the depot will be built at once.
The people in this city know the need
of snch a building ; enongh has been
written in Athens papers to bnild sev
eral magnificent structures, but never
yet has the proposition been treated in a
business like way.
Low ia the Line to tak. up the matter
while Athens is beginning a big build
ing boom, and let evaiybody pull for it.
ANOTHER MERCHANT
WISHES TO COME,
NO TRACE OF
MR. ASA BOOTH.
Friends Here Uneasy as to
His Whereabouts.
Mr, Asa Boolh, an old citizen of Ath
ens, has mysteriously disappeared aud
no trace can lie fonudof his wherabouts.
He has been in the habit of wander
ing about through the couutry near the
oity. but would alway-B come back
his friends in a few dars. llut this
time he has beep away over two months
and his friends ore afraid that some
harm has come to him The last time
he was seen, he was walking in the di
rection of Atlanta, aud thinking that he
had drifted into the Soldiers Home
there, a search was made, bnt there
was no record of him even coming thero
He has a son in Hinton. West Vir
ginia. and he, also, has heard nothing
of him in quite awhile.
Mr Booth hgs been in very bad health,
mentally and physically, for the past
few years. Several times he has
brought suit against the Clarke County
Rnildi-,g and Loan Association, and
each nine the case was decided against
him
He has brooded over his supposed
losses and oiher matters until his health
became badly broken and it may be that
some serious harm has uow porno to. hiu;.
GRAND RECENT
TO VISIT HERE.
Royal Arcanum to Have
An Entertainment Next
Tuesday.
The phenomenal record of the Sum
mer School of methods, now in session
at the State Normal Sohool mazes a per
manent summer school for Athens very
probable and almost a certainty.
The history of the present summer
school is interesting. A few months
ago it was announced tliat a summer
school of methods would be held at the
State Normal Sohool daring the month
of August. Soon after ;his announce
ment was made inquiries began to pour
into the oilice of President Branson
from hundreds of Georgia teachers in
all sections of the state. Not a dollar
had been spent in advertising the sum
mer sohool, and np to this time there
had been nothing done toward arraug
ing for the session. The vast corres
pondence was evidence that a large
number of teachers who did not go to
Knoxville or elsewhere wanted to come
to Athens to the summer school. lu ad
dition to this many who were going to
these summer schools cutslde of the
state wauted to come to Athens. Mr
Branson fonnd it necessary to have a
circular printed to Bend tc those teachers
wanting information, as the correspon
dence was too large to take op by indi
vidual letter. Two thousand copies of a
circular were printed ai d sent ont to
persons writing for information.
Among other things this circular con
tained the following paragraph:
"Owing to the nnex[«ctedly large
number of regular Btndents applying for
admission, and our limited dormitory
space, only seventy-fire teachers want
ing the summer school oourses, and
nothing more, can be accommodated in
the dormitory. These will be registered
in the order of their application. For
the Bame reason the session of the Sum
mer School has been reduced to two
weeks.”
Despite this announcement, or warn
ing, as it might be termed, more than two
hundred Georgia teachers have gathered
here and are now in session at the Sum
mer School of methods.
The membors of the faculty of the
Normal School are giving their vacation
time to this canse, free of charge. The
members of the student body are enjoy
ing a course of instruction that is as line
as given at any summer school in the
South this year, aud at- a modest cost.
There are many teacners here
who attended the Snmmer School
Knoxville, and who say
that in many respeots the Ath
ens school is superior, and eBpeoially is
this true as to the practioe school feature,
which has practically been a failure ai
the other schools, aud which is one of
the most interesting features of the
Atheus school.
The success of the present suinmci
school practically insures a permanent
summer school for Atheus. As set out iu
an editoral in this issue of The Banner, it
will require |3,000 to put the summer
school, as a permanent feature, on a
solid footing, and the people of Athens
should raise this amount without the
slightest trouhle. And they will do this.
It will mean the presence of one thouH
and G orgia teachers for Athens for u
period of fonr weeks next SDmnier.
NEW CITY HALL
TO COST $50,000.
Ths Council Committee Will Recommend a Building
of This Kind to a Special fleeting of the City
Council on Saturday—Bond Election will
Probably be Called for September 25th.
ATHENS BOY
IN THE 27TH.
Mr. J. C. Williams Was in
the Regiment Attacked.
The press dispatches from Manila yes
terday tell of the attack by savage
M(iro» npon tbe 117th U. S. Infantry
near Manilla in which two soldiera
were kilhd and many wounded.
Mr J. G. Williams, of this city, is a
mi uiber of Ot mpany D. of that regi
ment. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
D Wil iams, of this city, aud is well
known here. No report has been re
ceived from him as to whether ho was
injured in the fight or not.
THE POPULISM
STATE HOUSE TICKET.
BIG FOUNDRIES CONSOLIDATE;
NEW PLANT LARGEST IN CEORCIA
The largest business deal made in Thorite for the new plant has not boon
The Oconee Council of the Hoyal Ar
cannm are preparing to give an elabo
rate private entertainment, next Tues
day evening. August Hi.
The occasion is the visit of Grand lie-
gent, F. H. Safiord, of Swainsboro, who
comes to visit Oconee Council, and
make an address to the members of the
Oonncil that evening.
After the exercises to which all mem
hereof the Loyal Arcanum are especial
ly invited, refreshments will be served
aud a social evening enjoyed.
Athens this yoar was consummated yes
terday morning when Mr. Thos. Bailey,
representing the Bailey Foundry and
Machine Works and Mr. John R. White,
representing the Athens Foundry and
Machine Works agreed t-o consolidate*
the two plants and merge them into the
largest machine works in the stato of
Georgia.
The money Involved in the deal was
over $100,000 which represents now two
of the best equipped foundries iu the
state.
Preliminary arrangements fop tho
deal have been in progress for some
tipie and the trade was di ned yesterday
morning.
The two plants will be merged to
gether at one place and many new im
provements added. The new company
will be a stock corporation with tbfi
owners of the two separate plants as
the stockholders of the new concern.
Every Day New Citizens
are Coming to Athens.
Hardly a day passes but that letters
(yro received in Athens from merchants
gnd residents in other towns who de
sire to locate iu Athens.
yesterday, Mr. John T. Anderson re
ceived an urgent letter from Mr. L - T.
Welborn, of Boswell, JUa., asking hliu
to procure a store room for him at once.
Tho letter statey that Mr. Welborn had
made up Iub mind to move to Athens at
once aud wanted to settle here before
the fall trade opened.
The real estate men cannot furnish
gnough store loom? and residences to
meet the demands cf the people who
want to move to Athens aud they say
that now is the time to erect many in
new buildings
Never before was Athens on snch a
substantial boom aud everything should
be done to encourage now comers to
Athens.
determined yet, hut will probably be
cither at the Bailey Foundry or the
At&ens Foundry
Mr. Thomas Bailey, the ve««an foun
dryjMBptAAggjWt'
of ykHPBHMHVHfc
sird ability warrant its st.caaat. Mr
Bailey has been engaged in the foundry
business m Athens for just forty-five
consecutive years and his success has
been wonderful. No map iu Georgia is
more thoroughly familiar with the ma-
pique and iron trado than he, and he is
possessed of many tine business quali
fications.
In speaking of the new plant, Mr.
Bailey told a Banner representative yes
terday that it would be the largest aud
finest foundry in Georgia. Both plants
are at ppeaeut stocked with tine ma
chinny and whou merged together, will
make a plant large enough to meet
every demand.
The remnant of the Populist party in
Georgia met at the State capitol iu At
lanta on Tuesday and named a ticket
for state house officers to oppose the
regnlar ticket of the Democratic patty
The meeting named Judge J. K Hines,
of Atlanta, for Govenor, but he declined
the nominal ion and a committee of
three Populists has been appointed to
saddle the nomination on somebody.
Of the 40,876 voices claimed by the
Tho prospects for a new city hall for
Athens, at a cost of $60,000 are very
bright.
The committee appointed by the oity
council some weeks ago to look Into the
advisability of erecting a new building
for this purpose will make a report to a
special meeting of council, Saturday.
It is understood that the committee
will recommend the erection of a new
city hall at a cost of not more than $50,000
aud that a resolution will be adopted
calling for an election for the voters to
pass on the question of the issuance of
bonds of the Oity of Athens to this
amonut It is also understood that the
bonds will be four per cent., thirty
year bonds of tbe denomination of $100
each.
The issuance of the bonds for the new
city hall will depend on the approval ot
two thirds of the last city election, and
it is quite probable that the bonds will
be authorized without the slighest diffi
culty. With the issuance of bonds to
the rmouut of $60,000 for the new city
hall a margin of about $80,000 will re
main to be issued if an emergenoy
should arise, and as about $10,000 in
bonds are retired annually, this margin
is being constantly incieased.
In the event the conncil approves the
report to bo made by the city hall oom-
mittee Saturday and ihe eleotion car
ries the bonds, it is probable that an
expert architect will be employed to as
sist the oity engineer in drawing plans
for the new bnilding, which will be
made one of the most beautltnl in this
section of the oonntry.
The people of Athens are heartily in
MEETINGS OF
THE DRUGGISTS.
Northeast Georgia Asso
ciation To Meet Today
in Montlcello.
MILLEDGE AVENUE IS NOW CLOSED
FROM PRINCE TO THE BOULEVARD.
A meeting of the Northeast Georgia
Ui-tail Druggists Association will be
held in Monticello today to transact im
portant business of the newly organized
association
Mr. H. B. l'almer, of this oity is pres
ident and Dr. H C. Orr, treasurer.
These gentlemen will attend the meet
ing today leaving here on the Central
train this afternoon.
IN HONOR OF
HON. J.M. TERRELL.
Big Barbecue to be Given
by Hon. Hamilton Mc
Whorter.
DEATH OF
MRS. COOPER,
Aged Lady Passes Away
in Lawrencevilie Tues
day Night.
nor. Judge Hines, bowevr insisted
that ho would not accept the nomina
tion. and it was on this acoount that the
special committee was named. This
committee consists of W. W Wilson,
Blon Williams and J. E. Bodenhamer
They will probably select a name in
place of Judge Hines within afow days.
The remainder of the nominated tick
et is aa follows ;
Secretary of state, B. F. Lee, Upson
oounty.
State treasurer, J. H. Taylor, Troup
county.
Comptroller general, W. W. Wilson,
Gwinnett ooonty.
Attorney general, P. H. Leary, Bw-
row county.
Commissioner of Agriculture, W. L
Peek, Rockdale county
School commissioner, S. II. Zellner,
Forsyth oounty.
Milledge Avenue, one of the most
prominent residenoe streets iu Athens,
has been dosed from Prince Avenue to
the Boulevard. On this particular por
tion of the street, instead of an open
highway, as formerly, there is now a
sign forbidding trespass. The sign has
been pnt np by Mrs. F. T. Crane, who
owos the property, and the city council
will have to take some t.ction on the
matter before pedestrians and vehicles
oan use this portion of the street again.
As is generally known, this portion of
the street, which is the propeity of Mrs
Crane, has been offered to the oity at
$800. At a recent meeting of the city
council, the committee that had been
appointed by Mayor Rhodes to investi
gate the matter of buying the property,
whereupon Mrs Crane notified the oity
that her proposition would be with
drawn, and then the closing of tho
street following.
It is understood that the oity holds
that the street has been opened sufli
ciently long for it to become a public
highway, or thoroughfare, aud that
Mrs. Crane cannot, legally, close tbe
street Mrs. Crane holds, on the other
bund, so it is said, that tho city
has not worked the street as
r.quired by law aud that the
law will not require that the
street remain open, under the circum
stinoes The outcome of the contro
versy will be watched with considerable
interest by many people iu the city, lu
I the meautime, however, the street will
remain closed, us Mrs. Grane has di-
ARBITRATORS MEET
IN ATLANTA TODAY,
erection ot sue uunamg.
The members ot the committee de
clined to disoass the report to be made,
when seen by a representative of The
Banner, although it is understood that
the report of $50,000 is intended to in
clude all furnishings for the building
and put it in shape for occupancy by the
city officials without the expenditure of
another dollar. A large majority of the
people of Athens will agree that the in
vestment will not be too large, when it
is taken into consideration that the
building will be for future, as well as
the present generation. It is wise to
build well and substantially at this time.
The committee has no donbt obtained
the senso of the people of the city in the
matter, aud their notion will be ap
proved by all.
MH, SPENCER MAKES
A VIGOROUS DENIAL,
asked for father time was glinted, I repted.
Hon. Hamilton McWhorter, who
with his family ia spending the snmmer
at Watson Springs near Maxeya, Ga.,
will have as his gnest this week, Hon.
Joseph M. Terrell, the next governor of
Georgia and on Saturday the 16th. he
will oompfiment him with an old fash
toned Georgia barbecue.
Invitations to the coe have been re
ceived in this city and many Athenians
will attend.
Mrs. Willis Cooper, of Lawrencevilie,
the mother ot Meesrs. J. O. and Walter
Oooper, of this city, passed away at her
home in the former little city late Tues
day night.
Her death was nnexpeoted and oame
as a severe shock to her many friends.
She was a devoted ohristian mother and
leaves a large family and scores of
friends to monrn her death.
The funeral and interment occurred
In Lawrencevilie yesterday afternoon.
,^The delusive dots.
Mexican Paper Mills "May Combine.
M.-xlio City. Aug. 13.—It is in-
nmred that the paper mills of this
country will form a trust before the
end of tin- current year. Some mills
arc doing a good business and the con
sumption is increasing. The tariff
affords the mills a heavy protection.
One paper-making company, El Prog
ross Industrial, pays 12 per cent iu
terost on its mortgage bonds.
Paper Manufacturern’ Meet.
New York, Aug. 13.—The wall
per manufacturers and dealers ara
holding their annual meeting here
The special objeet is the concluding
of contracts for the eomlng years’
business. The meeting will contin
uo for some time, and before its con
elusion tho subject of forming a new
combination of the trade will be dia
cussed.
Middle Ridye £oal Miners Stiike.
Knoxville, Turn.. Aug. 13.—Sixty-
five miners employed in the Middle
Ridge coal mines near Coal Creek air
on a strike because the company re
fused to permit an official to withhold
ID tier cent of every union miner's
wages to be sent to the anthracite
coal strikers in Pennsylvania A few
days ago a meeting of the union min-
Judge J. J. Strickland left yesterday
afternoon for Atlanta, where the board
of arbitrators who have und a r consider
ation the matter of the tax returns of
the Southern railway will meet in the
ottioe of the railroed commission today
to take final action in the matter. The
comptroller general has assessed the
road in the state neerly $4,600,000 nnre
than it was returned for. Strong argu
ments were made on both sides aud
there is much interest to know what
the arbitrators will do.
IHE NEGRO MINSTREL
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
Says the Southern Rail"
way Will Continue.
A. G. Allen’s Big Original New Or
leans Minstrels are billing tbe city to
appear here under canvas next Monday
night, at the corner of College avenue
and Kiver street.
Beyond any donbt this is the largest
and mcBt widely known Colored Min-
, strel Company extant. The manage-
ers in the mine was held, at which it j mell t points with pride to the fact
that for more than twenty years
is said it was decided, but not unani
mously. that the union miners at Mid
dle Ridge should give 10 per cent oi
their wages to the strikers. The re
fusal of the company to pay out wages
without an order from every minei
it has been acknowledged the lead
ing Colored Minstol Company be
fore the pnblio. With but one ex
cep'ion, it is the only colored minstrel
caused the differences and the miners company that has ever visited Cuba;
walked out. the only colored minBtrel company that
has ever visited the Kepnblio of Old
Mexico, having played an extended en
gagement of three weeks in the City of
Mexico alone.
There’s dollars in dots.
Dots mean dollars.
A denial, plain and absolute, of all
knowledge of the reported consolida
tion of railroads operatiog in the terri
tory of the Southern hae been made by
President Samuel Spenoer. The South
ern has beeu closed linked with these
rumors, anil President Spencer has made
the following statement:
‘Tho statement that tho Southern Is
to become a constituent property of a
gigantic railroad combination in the
Sooth is absolutely without foundation.
The Sonthern is not interested in any
merger or oommunity of interest scheme.
The bosines< relations of the Southern
road at the present time are closer than
they have ever been. All the roads are
beginning to understand each other and,
as a matter of fact, the traffic affaire
of the main systems of the South daring
the past three or fonr years have been
exoeptionly harmonious.
“The Southern railway hopes to con
tinue its harmonious relations with all
competing oompaniee no matter wheth
er they are the Louiaville and Nashville,
St. Louis and San Francisco, Illinois
Centra', Seaboard Air Line or Atlantic
Coast Line la my judgement all tbe
rumors concerning an amalgation of the
roads of the Sonth are mere gossip.
They were probably founded in the
Louisville and Nashville, Chicago and
Eastern Illinois and ’FrUco deals. The
Sonthern is not bnying np any proper
ties. Neither is it planning to enter in
to any consolidations. As a matter of
| fact, the Sonthern has finished Its map.”