Athens daily banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1889-1902, August 16, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCOUNT THE DOTS. l ESTABLISHED 1*52. ATHENS, (JA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1C, 1002. *5.00 A YEAR. HILL’S ADDRESS A FINE EFFORT. The Splendid Address Delivered by Ch mcellor Mill Before the Agricultural Society, Which Defeated the Peek Resolution to Separate Agricultural College Prom the Univer. ily. Given. The fitory printed In The limner y* terday morning with roferenre to t!•• resolotion offered l>y Mr \V L lv*-k. i*» Rockdale count) . to mparat*? the iiKricul Inral collet from the l mverity ot Georgia created great intercut in tin city. The vote taken on tint reHoIntioi which was also atv.ii. was printed l-> The Banner HMsitiitaneoiibly with th» leading morning newt-papers of th* state. Owyng to the latency of 11»• hour when (Jhanr.ellor MiU'h a*Mr««i»- was ready for puidic.ition, it was impos sible for The Rum* r l > »his yenter day morninc. hut liberal ♦xtra' ln ai* printed below. After going iuto the history of tin* foundation of the Slate ('alleges of Agn cnltnre and Mechanical Arts, Chancelloi Hill said . "Now the resolution of Ool l*o«>k pro poses to remove this Institution from the University of Georgia. It now, together with Franklin College, makes op the academic part of the University, the one giving a coarse on which the emphash is literary, the other a course on which the emphasis is on science. Let us se» what must bo done before this removal is effected : First, of course, as every honest man would say, the state muni rof and to the citizens of Athens the $25, 000 which they paid out of their own pockets to secure the state college at Athens, and to erect tne building foi this special work. Second, iu viow o> the act, already <]noted, that none ot th* Federal foods can be used for buildings, it would be necessary for.tbe state to pro vido buildings in which cau be taught all the studies, both classical and scientific, which are required by the act to be taught, and, ako, to provide dormito ries, dining halls, library and all other buildings for the equipment of a college. At the least this would require au expen* dituro of $150,000 "Now, what are the objects for which the state is asked td dismantle the uni versity and to incur the tremondous cost of buildings for the separate college including the liability to the city of Athens? According to Ool. i'eek’s idea, he will establish a college, in which, as he says in bis speech, there shall be taught English and praotical agri culture. He did uot explain iu very great detail what he meant by “practi cal agriculture,’’ but on that subject, Senator Morrill, himself said : "Your president truly said, 'Agricul tural education must be theoretical, scientific, practical.’ Ool. l'eek will have it nothing but practical. The law requires i$ to be all that President Hughes mentioned as desirable and at the university we are endiavoring to make it meet all the requirements, both scientific and practical. "Now, if Ool. Peek’s college was es tablished at a cost to the state of $150,000 or more, the mxt thiug the state would have to do would be to pay his professors and teachers, for the secretary of agriculture would at once tell him that his college was not the kind of coll* ge required by the Mor rill act, or its amendment, and the buildings would either remain empty of the professors and pupils, or else the state would have to provide money to ruu it. "Iu his criticisms on the institution. Ool. Peek did not give a soliiary figure later than the year 1899; not a fact dating since my election ; he did not mention the fact that in my report to the board of trustees last year 1 re ported 131 students iu the State Col lege of Agriculture and Mtchanio Arts—that is, students who are being taught wbat the Morrill act requires, namely, 'the branches of learning re lated to agriculture and mechanic arts, including the other classical and scien tific studies required by the bill. Of this 182 students, twenty were regis tered in the winter course in agricul ture, and three were candidates for the fall degree- Not these alone, however, are receiving an education that would qualify them for agricluture. The B S. Degree is a preparation for agrioul tare as a pursuit in life, even where the student does not elect to take the special leotnres on that subject. The univer sity has 393 alumni among Its graduates who are farmers. This is about 25 per cent, of the total number of alumm whose occupations are known. A large majority of them are successful agri Guitarists and took the B. s. degree in the State College of Agriculture bm did not take the special agricultural course. 1*'• v;\ Us appointing to any in tin* uni ’»‘rs : tv a further quip- iu mi has be«*n pu.chased tor d.i.ryuig. ami last wiotvi tw*-*ry young m *n tot k tht* course, und l. ft the university a* le to manufucUira efieesi* and to conduct a iairy farm. At the last commence ment a one-year course was established which gsves the cream of the four years jourse, and for which the regular col lege entrance requirements are uot de manded Students of sufficient maturi ty and earnest purpose, with a common school education, can enter the winter ] •ourse or the one-year course. “Mr. George Foster Peabody has pro rided the expense of introducing ele mentary education in agriculture through the state college into the com mon schools by the “Nature Study Lea 11 ef8," and a correspondence course with farmers young or old, will be in- difutt-d whenever a sufficient number if names can be obtainrd “Bat it is said that :t will not do for the agricultural students to go to the University, because they will lie looked down upon by their fellow students. 1 regard this as an unjust imputation both to the agricultural students and to the others, since the farmers are not accus tomed to being looked down upon, and can hold their own in any college corn- NEW CITY HALL WILL BE TALKED. At the Called Meeting of the City Council this Morn- at Nine O’clock the Report of the Special Com mittee Will be Received —People Heartily Favor I’lan That is to be Presented. CHANCELLOR W. B HILL, Whose Address Before The State Agricultural Society Is Printed Iu The Ban- uer Today. ONE HUNDRED SMALL COTTAGES DESIRED PY AS MANY TENANTS. HAIL AGAIN NEAR ATHENS. But Little Damage Done by The Storm. Within six luiltM of Alliens yesterday afternoon a heavy hail fell and a ter rific rain and wind storm visited a large sjcti-m of Madison county. Thu hail began to fall about the Phil ip* place 7 luifcti out of the city on the Ddiii lsville road and foil within a few miles of Dauioibville. The stones, however were very small and lasted ouly about thirty minutes and but little damage resulted. “Since ten o’clock yesterday morning up to this time, I have had applicants for one hundred houses from four to six rooms each, and have been able to ac commodate only a very few of these,” said a prominent real estate agent to a representative of Tne Banner yesterday morning. If this is uot the best criterion to jadge the prosperity of the ity bv, The Banner does not know what it is talking about. < >ue huudred more houses could be rented to tenants who are all but bug- houses vacant and hardly a dwelling honse. The few remaining business houses are being tilled up very rapidly and by the first of October it will hardly be possible for a person to rent a store or an office in Athens. Another real estate man told a Banner reporter that the usual moving record from the latter part of August to the first of November would be brokeu this fall by the lack ol moving. He said the people are so afraid Jthat they cannot get anything better than what they now have that DEATH OF MRS. MICHAEL. Tbo funeral of Mrs. Michael who mod at Prinooton Thursday afternoo occurred yesterday afternoon and was conducted tiy llev Pi D. Stone. Mrs. Michael was a sister of Mrs. Doc Giles, and moved to Princeton from Birmingham a year ago. students iu agriculture at the last ses sion were treated as courteously as any other group of the student body. I will state the fact as it was and ought to be. that there was actually no difference whatever made in respect to the qneB- tion as to whether a student was in the department of agriculture or uot. I do not believe that the hoys of farmers ought to be hoarded together as a sepa rate lot. I think they are entitled to the very best education that the State, is able to give, and ought to mingle freely on terms of equality with their follow studentH. who are to be the preachers, editors, lawyers, doctors, judges, oilic- ials, merchants, engineers and business men of the Statf in their generation. "Another alleged reason given for the separation is that there will bo more students if the State colleges was sepa rate. This statement is completely neg atived by the figures ; there are twenty- seven States iu the Union where the colleges are separate. The total number of students iu these colleges is S.037. There are twenty one States in the Union where the State colleges are con nected with the universities. These umber 17,009. In "taer words there are 9,022 more students iu the twenty- one colleges where they are combined than in all the twenty-seven colleges where they are separate. It is also true that the percentage, of students taking special oourses in agriculture is greater iu these colleges that are oombined than iu those where they are separate. “The expense of attendance has been reduced to a point which brings it with in reach of all. The dormitory rooms are free, and board is only eight dollms per month. One hundred and twenty five dollars will pay all the necessary ex penses of a stndent for a session. In the winter course no fees whatever are re qaired. "A resolution similar to Ool. Peek's was offered at the meeting at Thomas ville la9t year, and obtained only two votes, and I sincerely trust this will be voted down. The farmers of Georgia believe in fair play. Since I was elected to my present position, I have given more tbonght and labor to this depart ment than to any other in the institu tion. Many toward movements have been made. While this good work is going on as rapidly as it possibly can— since all things cannot be done in a day—I do not believe the fair minded and conservative farmers of Georgia will stri' e what I regard as a blow, not only to the university, bat to their state college of agrionltare. In oonclnsion Mr. Hill said: “All I ask is fair play. Do not cripple me at the very beginning of my administra- •?iv ,v.. , h“i’t it an appall:,g theth Will be little or no moving, thing to think abont ? And yet it Is an smte Btra enid, nothing shows solutcly the condition. In addition to this remarkable record, it is the hardest matter in the world to, lind a vacant house of any kind iu Athens. There are very few business t! c prosperity of a community like the lack of vacant houses, and the conditions as set out above will certainly show that Athens is as prosperous as any city in the state. THE BIG SNAKE WAS KILLED. Bull Snake Makes Escape from Roscoe’s Den. NEXT MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR COUNTING THE BANNER DOTS. Next Monday is the last day for count ing the dots. This announcement is m ine in order that those who have not y* t tried their skill at counting the little dots can get in the contest before it closes. There is yet ample room for a number of people to win prizes, as those whe have count ed the dots carefully and nklllfully are the ones who are going to get the eighteen prizes off ered by The Banner. The first prize ia fifteen d fflars iu cash This is worth trying for, as are the other seventeen prizes, all ff which are cash, and which will be promptly paid out on the award of the juiges contest, Messrs. J. F. libodes Dorsey aud A. II Davison. Mr. J. Ii Colburn, the originator aud patentee of tho dot puzzle has been in structed by Tho Banner to send the an swer to the dot puzzle to tl e judges aud in this way The Banner will not know what the correct answer is until an nounced by the judges. J* o person con nected with The Banner tias been fal lowed to participate in the contest, and the awards will be fairly and houestly made. Oat of several hundred answers re ceived by The Banner the lowest esti- thousand, which ought to give the rest of the participants iu tne contest good chances of winning It is positive that both of these estimates will not win prizes. It may be a good idea to state that ninety per cent of tho estimates have ranged between live and six thousand, bat hardly two of these have been the same. This would indicate to any one, however, that the correct answer will he somewhere between these numbers. In announcing the prizes next week, if this is possible so soon after the contest , closes, The Banner will print the names )f the | and numbers sent in by fifty of those VV. F- who came olosest to the correct answer, and who did uot get prize*. That is, fifty of those following the eighteen prize winners. This will be interesting to the public, aud will show the numl of answers that have ben received from a distance. Don’t wait until Monday to send in your estimate. Some lucky person may send in the correct answer today Count the dots carefully, if necessary recount them to make sure you have them pret ty near correct, aud send your estimate with one dollar to be applied to your j subscription. The dots can be counted Yesterday morning about" two o’clock, a force of street sweepers were frightened out of their wits by the ap peaiance of ^monster snake on lower Clayton street. The extra police force was called out and procuring all tho arms and ammu nition stored away in the cellar under the old city hall, and putting on the shin guards, discarded by the members of last year’s varsity football team, they sallied forth to do battle with the South American monster. After a fast and furious tight, the snake was killed. He proved to be the largest snake used in the Roscoe th snake eater, show, and was of Bull species, measuring 7 feet. How he es naped daring the night, no one knows, but ne took an unfortunate time to give battle. Had he escaped ou Clayton street in the middle of the day, some bully times would have resulted. SUSPICION Leads !o the Real Cause. This morning at nine o’clock, a called meeting of the city council will be held »t city headquarters. Two important matters will be taken up and acted upon. The one of greatest importance is the question of building a -»ew city hall. The special committee having this in charge will report favora bly upon the proposition to build a $50,- ooo building ami to call an election for tile issuing of bonds on S-*pt. 25th. The probabilities are that the council will accept the report of the committee aud order the election for that date. A representative ot The Banner dis cussed the city hall proposition v*ith a number of the leading business men yesterday, aud almost without excep tion, they favor the plan to be presented by the special committee this morning. It seemed to be the general opinion that the members of oouncil would accept the report to be made aud order the elec tion, as the report will call for aud as indicated above, for Sept. 25th. In this connection a letter received by The Banner yesterday morning would not be out of plaoe. The letter is as fol lows : “Editor, The Banner I desire to en dorse yonr editorial in the issue of The Banner of today with reference to tha new city hall. I heartily agree with yon that if the city of Athens needs anything it needs a city hall, and while one is being erected it should bo made a substantial one in every respect. I fa vor the report to bo made by the com. mittee as told by The Banner yesterday, of issning bonds for $50,000 for this pur pose. As The Banner says, the building of the court bouse and city hall together would prove the best plan, bat if this cannot be brought abont it should not interfere with the erection ot the new city hall. I believe connoil will adopt the report to be made, and the election for bonds is helcT T believe tho bonds will carry by a large majority. I shall vote for the bouds and a number of others whom I have heard express themselves this morning will do like wise. "PROGRESS.” This letter expresses the sentiments of many citizens with whom a Banner man talked yesterday, and it should be gratifying to the members of the special committee, no matter what disposition is made of the report. The next question will be that oLthe new street to meet the Sandy Greek road. The county hands had started to work on a new street which had been surveyed but opposition developed from several quarters and the work was tem porarily stopped by council. Since then, a special committee has had several routes under consideration and new surveys have been made. Fi nal action will be taken on the matter this morning and work begun at once in order that the street may be finished be fore the heavy fall traffic begins. The question of coffee disease or Pot*- tum health becomes of the greatest im portance when we are thrown on our own resources. Many a woman when suddenly left without means of support can make a comfortable living if health remains. A brave little woman out in Barnes, Kansas, says, “1 feel that I owe you a letter for the good Postuxn Coffee has done me. For yours I was a great suf ferer w ith nervousness without ever sus pecting the cause mate has been 4 874, while the highest and somebody is gosng to be well paid number has been 7,398. I: will be seen j for the little work entailed in the count- that this is a margin of nearly throe I iug. Plenty of Room In Athens for 70.0(H) more people. So if yon want a nioo home o:r building lot for residence or business purposes, call ou or write John Bird, for he hassoveral right in the heart of the cisy. tion by hampering me iu my honest ef fort to accomplish the very thing yon desire.” The discussion of the matter was en tered into by Hon. Pope Brown, Hon Harvie Jordon, Col. R. F. Crittenden, and Mr. Peek was given a half honr in whioh to close. After his speech the vote was taken and the resolution offer ed by Mr. Peek defeated bf a vote of 25 to 11, as announced in The Banner yes terday. W. W, England Dead. Mr W. A England, of this city, re ceived information from San Fransisco yesterday announcing the death of his brother, W W. England, which oc curred a week ago last Sunday. The deceased had vUited his brother in this city last Christmas, this being the first time he had been to Athens in twenty- odd years. He has many friends in Athens and throngh this section of the Btato who will be sorry to learn of his dealh, Mr. W. W. England was 08 years of age. Dots mean dollars. COUNTRY STORE 10 BE FEATURE. A committee of the Elks Carnival Association are at work in getting np the funniest of all attractions for the corniug carnival, “the Country Store.” Two years ago I 1° all previous carnivals where this fea- The delusive dots. came down with nervous prostration. | My work was light but I could not du it, I conld not even sew oi read. My sleep was broken and unrefresh ing ; I suffered .utensely aud it seemed only a matter of lime till I mnst lose my reason. My mental distress was as great as my physio l, when one day a friend brought me a trial of Postnm Coffee and urged me to nse it instead of coffee for a few days, saying that Postnm had cured her of liver trouble and sick head aches. I replied thaft I thought I oould not give coffee, I had always used it as a stimulant, however the PoBlam Food Coffee proved to be pleasing to the taste and I used it and was surprised to see that I was resting and getting better. My hnsband bought several packages and insisted on me using it altogether. Gradually but not the less surely, I ful ly recovered. I never UBed coffee after ward and when 1'was left a widow a year later I was able to open a dress making shop and support myself and little girls.” Name given by Postnm Co., Battle Creek, Mioh. tare has hoeu used, it has been the best attraction of all and the Athens Elks are determined to pot it on in great shape. The ‘'country store" attraction is this : a large store room is rented and filled with all kinds of articles donated by the merchants, Also a large nnmber of prizes are made np in the shape of nioe little gifts and every one who enters the store is sore to get a prize. Admission to the store is charged and every one who boys an admission ticket gets a numbered slip entitling him to a prize oerresponding to his nnmber. In addition to this, a good, lively auction eer is secured, and artiolee from a baby rattler to a gold brick are sold at auo- tion. The idea of the store is that it shall be a fnn manufactory, where yon go In and have a jolly good time with your neighbor. The interior of the bnilding will be arranged as mnch as possible like the average cross-road country store and ev erybody who goes in will be treated to a rare scene.

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Athens daily banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1889-1902, August 16, 1902, Image 1