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THE DAILY BANNER. ESTABLISHED 1832. ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1002. $5.00 A YEAR. SUMMER SCHOOL FUND GROWING. More Than Six Hundred Dollars Raised by The Com mittee Yesterday Which flakes the Total Amount Now Over $i,ooo, With Only $2,000 More to be Secured. MADISON DAVIS, WELL KNOWN NEGRO PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. Madison Davis, better known bb "Matt I Clarke county, and served two terms as Davis, ’ ’ died yesterday afternoon at 5:80 po itmaster of this city. ATTENDANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY a The fund for the establishment of the Athens Snmmer School was swelled to over one thousand dollars yesterday the result of a canvass of only about an hour. The largest subscription received up to this time has been that of the Athens Electric Street Railway company, which amounted to $500. Thu plan for the summer school lias not, and cannot he fully explained just at this time, as it is not dednately known just what it will be composed of. but this much is known and as fast as found ont by the bosiness men they are die playing a lively interest tn the matter: The summer school will have the ac tive support of the faculties of the Uni versity of Georgia, the State Normal Sohool and the Lucy Oobb Institute. In addition to this, a number of the lead ing Instructors in the United States will be employed to assist in the opera tion of the summer school, and in addi tion to all of this, a number of very attractive chatauqaa features will be added, making the Athens Sommer School the best in the entire South The plan, as has been indicated by The Banner, also inclndes plana for the ereotion of a large audilorinm in Ath ens, at which the sessions of the sum mer sohool can be neld after next year, and at which all pnblio exorcises, re qnliing a large aoditorinm, can be held Under the clans outlined ,—, 1 - Athena will have a voice in the man agement of the aoditorinm, as they are patting up the money for the summer sohool which will make the auditorium possible. A prominent citizen of Athens, who did not care for his name to bo used iu connection with the offer, told a repre sentative of The Banner yesterday that lie would bo very glad to contribute (boo in cash to the auditorium fund if a suoceas is made of the summer sohool, and to si ow his faith in the plan to hold the summer school, he will contribute OB lunch as any other individual in Ath ens for the summer school. Thu 1 , it will be seen that the auditorium will bo forthcoming immediately after the ses siou of the summer school next year. The committee which went out yes terday to look after the summer school matter, met with really more encour agemeut than on the former day. Not a single person who was approached failed to oontribnte to the fund, and many of those who contributed said that they would double their snbscrip tions if necessary. The following list will show the encouragement met with by the committee yesterday : Previously act nowledged. .. (425.00 o'clock. As stated by The Banner sev eral days ago, he had a stroke of paral yses, which resulted in his death. No negro ever lived in Georgia who was more greatly loved by his white ac quaintances, than Matt. He has always been the friend of the white man with whom he has been associated. Immediate ly after the Civil war, during the recon struction period, Matt Davis did as much as any other negro living in this ante to keep down feelings of prejudice and strife between his friends of the two races. On account of his integrity and his loyalty to his friends Matt was twico Matt Davis.was seventy-odd years of age. Daring the period of slavery iu the South he belonged to Mr. Edward R. Hodgson, father of Messrs. A. H. E. R and J. M. Hodgson of this oity, and for a number of years was foreman of Mr. Hodgson’s wheelwright and blacksmith shop in Athens which was located where the Klein Sc Martin shops are now situated. The death of no negro in Clarke conn ty would cause the regret among tl e white people of the county that the death of Matt Davis will. His remains will be buried Friday morning at 10 ;80 elected to the Georgia legislature from , o'clock. HARDEMAN AND HOLDER LEAD THE TICKET IN JACKSON CO. PRIMARY Athci.» Electric Ry. Co.. Athens Ice and Coal Co 5(H) CHI "5. (HI W. B. .Hckson .... . . . 25.001 T. S N’ekornou 25 00 S. M. Herrington 10.00 K. G. Turner .... 10.00 K J. Bomlorant 10.00 Abney Bros .... 10 00 A. S. Parker lo.oo O. H. Nowton 10.00 Will Cleveland n no A. O. rK3utt 6 00 I. P. Morton 6 00 J. W. Weir 5 00 Gny Bernard 5.00 J. H. Maasoy 5.00 Total $1,090 00 Many Athens people have been great ly interested in the Democratic primary which occurred in Jackson county yes terday. It has been freely predicted all along that Mr. John N. Holder, editor of the Jackson Herald, would be nomi nated for the house of representatives, but as to which of the remaining three candidates would be nominated with him there has been considerable speculation. It seems probable from returns re ceived by The Banner last nighr, that Dr. Hardeman lead the tioket with Mr, Holder a olose second. Mr. Hose a, who was a candidate, and who openly fa vored the abolition of the city court, was overwhelmningly defeated, as was Mr. Qaarterman, of Winder, who was also a candidate for representative. This race has been the one of greatest interest, although there are many poo •■hp suit in the other contests. In the race ? • — for tax collector there were four candi dates: Messrs. A. H. Brock, H. H. Will be very large this year. There will be demand for rooms and board among the citizens of Ath ens by the students. The Agricultural course this year will be fine. ENORMOUS PROFITS OF THE ROME DISPENSARY ATTRACT ATTENTION. Hancock, J. O. Hancock and M Tucker. The returns indicate that Mr. Brock was nominated, although the race was olose between Mr. Brock, and Mr. J. C. Hancock. Sheriff Stevens was nominated over ex-Sheriff Collier by a majority of about 1,000. Mr. G. M. D. Moon the present tax receiver, was nominated by a large majority over Mr. R. W. Hinesly, who opposed him. In the contests for county offloes. all the old oftioers were nominated with the possible exoeptiou of Mr. Brock, tho tax receiver, although it Beenis that he was also nominated. It will take tho of ficial count to tell in this race. There were close to 4,000 votes caRt in the county, the interest being the great est in many years. Eight hundred votes were polled at Jefferson. -mm*- tHwrifo _ nd Holder will rejoioe at their sno- in the primary, as will the friends in this city of the successful candidates in the other contests. The lolud session of the University of Georgia begins September 17th. It is, of course, impossible to predict with any degree of certainty whether the at tendance will exceed that of the last session ;jbut judging from the large|num ber of r< quests for catalogues and th« unprecedented demand for dormitory rooms, there will be a material increase in the number of Btudents enrolled. VVnile the attendance iu the academic department last year was larger than ever before, it was the transitional year from the one year to the two years’ course in the law department, and the loss in that school reduced the total at tendance to a somewhat smaller number than during the session of 1900 01. It is expected that the law department will have at least the normal enrollment, if not more, as there will be some twenty five or thirty men in the seoond year's clats and it is only reasonable to sup pose that there will not be a less number in the first year's class than last year. The advance steps that have been taken in the School of Agriculture will tend to attract students to this import ant part of the University work. It has been the experience of all the states that students are not drawn to the full four y-ars coarse in Agriculture, and for this reason there has been establish ed in the University a one year course. COACH BILLY REYNOLDS TALKED OF FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. giving the cream of the full course. The practloal value of the Agricultural Department has been greatly increased by the equipment of a substantial and well-appointed building on the campus, and by the setting apart of seven or eight acres of land adjacent to tha Hall, where farming on the intensive scale will be practiced by the students. In addition to the one year course, a winter school in Agriculture will also be conduoted. This school was proved a decided success last year, the young men who attended expressing them selves as highly pleased with the work done. Leading agriculturists of the state, including Ool. R. J. Redding, Hon. Harvie Jordan, Hon. Dudly M. Hughes, and others, lectured the class on agricultural subjects. These lec tures were highly instructive and Inter esting, and a similar oourBe of leoturers will be had this winter. As has already been said, the outlook for an iuoreased attendance is very fa vorable ; and os the dormitories are al ready practically filled, there will prob ably be a good demand for rooms and board in private homes of the citizens of Athens. The Banner will be glad to hand to the authorities the names of any persons having such accomodations to offer. ADDITIONAL STUDENTS APPLY FOR ENTRANCE AT NORMAL SCHOOL. A prominent Atnens citizen handed ! d opponontg 0 , tbe 8y8t0m _ an(J (he the editor of Tho Banner a newspaper ! rormer ^ thB| ^ showinB clipping from a South Carolina newspa- wU1 jead to , be adopMon of per yesterday and asked why the Ath ens dispensary coaid not make a show ing similar to that claimed for the Rome adoption State dispensary. The net profits of the dispensary at Rome Ga. the principal city of Floyd county, dur ing the month of June were (3,200, the dispensary the people ought to get ^ and Rfl the profi , 8 haT0 constantly in creased sinoe it was started three dispensary. He said since the town had everything possible out of it. The clip ping referred to follows : "It would be an interesting situation if Georgia should adopt the muoh-dis- cussed and frequently criticised dispen sary system which for so long has been an issue in South Carolina politics. There is, however, a possibility that this will happen. "When Gov. Candler vetoed the bill proposing for Georgia a State dispensary patterned after the Tillman plan in South Carolina, a law was passed pro viding for a dispensary in Floyd Coon ty, and it was adopted, after a hot fight. The operations of the dispensary have been closely observed by the advocates months ago, it is estimated that the county treasury will be enriched some $50,000 by the end of the year. The tax payers are very glad to be relieved of the impoeition of direct taxes to this amount. "The operation of the dispensary plan will be still further observed in order to test whether it increases or diminishes the sale and use of intoxicants, the fre quency of crime, eto. If from a moral standpoint it shows to as good advantage as from an economio point of view, an earnest campaign will be made for its general adoption.” MISS GENIE OLDHAM LOVED JOIN DEAD, The Funeral Services This Morning at 8 O’Clock. Funeral in Jackson County. Miss Genie Oldham, tho daughter of Ur. and Mrs. James Oldham, died yes terday morning at eight o'clock at ber borne in Barbervllle, with typhoid fever. Billy” Reynolds, athletic instructor and coach of the football and baseball teams at the University of Georgia, is in the city today, says the Atlanta News of Monday. Mr. Reynolds is en thusiastic over the.' prospects on the gridiron this year, and believes Georgia is going to make a new name as a win ner among the southern colleges. In discussing the outlook of the team for 1902, he said ; “We expect the team to be somewhat heavier than it was last year. The weight will be added mostly by new ma terial, the old men probably averaging about five pounds heavier this year, on account of their development. “We expect to have the training ta ble at Commons hall and there we will have our own special food prepared. Wo will have the opportunity to dis cuss our mistakes here, and also to dis cuss the playB. This is something we have had only in a desultory manner heretofore. “There is another thing I wish to inaugurate It is the starting of a foot ball scrapbook, getting letters from the old men of peculiar systems of individ ual plays they have inaugurated them selves, with weekly records of what eaoh man has personally learned in his Individual play whioh Is both an advan tage and disadvantage to his opponents. The purpose in this is, if possible, to In augurate a universal system of play and She was eighteen years old, and greatly beloved by all who knew her. The funeral will beat the home of her parents this morning at 7 o'clock, proaohed by Rev. E. D. Stone, after whioh the remains will be taken to Jackson oonnty, where she will be laid to rest at the family burial ground. The friends and acquaintances of Mr, | a development of a system In which all Georgia alumni and players oan coach and Mrs. James Oldham, Mr. Geo. M, Booth. Mr. John N. Booth and Mr. T. M. Booth are requested to be present. If yon are sincere in yonr desire to avoid crowds, why don't you go oftener to prayer meeting? in harmony, and giving a practical text book to the players themselves covering those things which are peculiar to south ern football. "We expect to start iu at tho first of the season with team work and Bignal practice immediately, with the tempo- rary signals. I believe Georgia will have the best team of years—the out look warrants the assertion. There is the danger of a veteran team playing brilliant ball the first of the season and going backward later. This I shall watch for closely and see that it does not happen.” Speaking of the baseball prospects for next year at the university, Mr. Reynolds said: “They are the finest we have ever had. There are enough men in sight now to make two experienced teams. There iB a strong probability that the first game we will play will be with the Yale 'varsity team, and we we will be in a position to entertain them on the diamond, "Although all of the old players will be back, it will be impossible for some of them to hold positions because of the new material coming in. The bat tery positions are well filled, in faot, we ought to have enough material to play four games a week and not be compelled to work the same pitcher twice. The iDfield is as strong as any southern college will turn out, and the same is true of the ont field. It is also trne that there will be some ineligible material this year that will be valuable a year later.” Despite tho tact that about sixty pu pils mire than oould be accommodated jit the dormitories of the Stats Normal Schoo. entered on the opening day, ad ditional students applied for admission yesterday and rumors reached the ears of members of the faoulty that more would bo coming in later during the present week. The large number of students in at tendance on the present session are fast becoming acquainted with one another and before the week is over the student body will be the same as a huge family. The members of the student body are all hard at work and the manner in which they were getting at their stu dies yesterday indicated that they were all bent on seeing whioh could come out with (he best record. It is evident that the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall will not begin to fnrnish the room necessary for tho increased patronage of the State Normal School and several citizens of Athens who w . le re ent a the opening exercises on Tuesday spoke to a representative of The Runner about going before the next general assembly and asking for an appropriation that would enable the school to meet the present oondidtlon. That this will be done there is now no inestion in the world, and the action of the members of the general assnmbly can be easily forecasted. A body of patriotic Georgians composing the next house and senate will Bruely see the re- luirements and meet them as they should. In thie connection it might be said that the movement uow on foot to have the members of the general assembly here at the ceremonies attending the laying of tho cornerstone of the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall, is being perfected, and with such attractions as an able ad dress by General John B. Gordon, who will be the orator of the occasion, it Is likely that almost every member of the general assembly will be present and given an opportunity to see the condi tions as they exist at the Normal Sohool. This plan was set out fully by The Ban ner some weeks ago and since that time the movement has been moving Bteadi- ly toward success. For the beuefit of friends of the stu dents in this oity, The Banner will print a’cnmpiete list of the students at the Normal School Friday or Saturday morning. TRYING TO ADJUST THE M'WHORTEHS DEAL, Director Graham Here for that Purpose Yester day Afternoon. The woman who takee three hours to dree* for a party may be vain, but she will never wear short hair or try to act like a man. We believe that the very worst sight when the weather is intensely hot is to see two big fat women kiss. Mr. L. H. Graham, one of the direc tors of the British-American Mortgage Company, was in the oity all day yester day trying to settle the dispute over she Country Club property, which has been purehased by Jndge Hamilton Mc Whorter. Mr. Graham, Jndge McWhorter and Mr. DuBose, the agent for the company, were in conference yesterday afternoon for several hours, but neither of them wonld talk for pnblioation as to the out come of the conference. It is known, however, that the purpose of Mr. Gra ham's visit is to try to settle the matter to the satisfaction of all parties con cerned. Judge MoWhorter left yester day afternoon but Mr. Graham will remain here nntil the matter Is finally settled. When a man refers to the happy days when he was a bare foot bo7, it indicates that his bank aocount will tide him to the grave. Poor men never speak of any happiness in connection with bare feet. bV