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THE DAILY 1 BANNER. ESTABLISHED 18:52. ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1902. $5.00 A YEAR. DOT CONTEST RESULTS GIVEN BY THE BANNER. GEORGIANS WILL WORK FOP SCHOOL. Important Organization of Georgians Interested In Educational Matters Primarily For The Pur pose of Raising $25,000 For The State Normal School in This City. The Lucky Number is 5,458 and Hr. F. G. Umbach of This City Wins the First Prize-=Hundredsof Answers Were Received by The Banner, Many of Which Were Very Close to the Wioners. M’WHORTER DEAL HAS BEEN CLOSED. It was learned yesterday morning that an important organization of Geor gians interested in educational matters was recently formed at a meeting of the Unirorsity Council in Atlanta. The as ■oclation is made op of well known oltizens, many of whom are alumni of the Unirersity of Georgia, who contem plate doing some practical and substan tial service to the educational institu tions of this state in a manner some what similar to the work done in a wi der field by the Sonthorn Education Board. The organization is to be known as "The University of Georgia Auxiliary’ and the advisory board and executive committee which will have active charge of the workings of the organization are the following :• Advisory Board : Dr. J. L M. Curry, Chancellor W, B. Hill, George Fester Peabody, Gov. W. J. Northern, Hon. W B. Merritt, Hon Clark Howell and Hon. R. E. Park. Executive Committee :• Harry Hodg son, Chairman, Athens, Hugh M. Dor sey, Atlanta; Jere M. Pound, Macon ; Joseph R. Lamar, Angosta ; P. A. Sto- Tall, Savannah ; and Edward Maddox, Rome. The plans of the Auxiliary contem plate the raising of funds for the aid of each educational institutions as seem most deserving and whose work seems productive of the greatest good. In conference with Chancellor Hill and the presidents of the several branch col leges which make up the University the plans of the Auxiliary were heartily ap proved and it has been agreed that the need of the State Normal School for a building in which to do its college work shall be first presented by the Auxilia- ry. The school is absolutely without room to carry on its important and vital School, Chancellor Hill Baid; "The formation of the University work. Iu speaking about the Auxiliary and its plan to first aid the State Normal Auxiliary means a great deal for educa tion in Georgia While it is acting uu der the sanction and hearty approval of the University Council it is a voluntary labor of love inaugurated by graduates of the University and others who did not attend the University but who are deeply interested in its development “The Auxiliary begins its labors for the bent fit of the State Normal School, which now seems to be in the most pressing need of any part of our institu tions, but it contemplates aid to the whole University iu its collective sense embracing not only the parent iustitn non at Athens hut every branch of the iversity. At the opening of the Normal School a few days ago more than sixty tcache; s were obliged to seek lodgement in the private homes of Athens. While relief of the pressure for dormitory room is promised in the "Winnie Davis Mem orial Hall” being erected through the noble efforts of the Daughters of the Confederacy no provision whatever has been made for the overcrowded condi tion of the cla« rooms. The Normal School is an institution that comes in close touch with all the people through its preparation of teach ers for the public schools. The friends, therefore, of the Normal School and of the entire University system through ont the state, will be invited by the Auxiliary, according to their liber ality and resources, to contribute $25,000 towards this need. The remaining $10,000 necessary for the purpose has al ready been subscribed to the Auxiliary’s fund by a native of Georgia, who is in terested not only in the Normal School, but in the whole system of colleges com prising the University of Georgia." Mayor J. F. Rhodes, one of the judges iri^^he Banner’s dot contest, received a letter from Mr. 1. R. Colburn, thooriginatorand patentee of the dot puzzle, yesterday, enclosing the Allowing statement: To whom it may concern :—This is to cer@Fy that I am the origina tor, designer and owner of the dot plate emjjgjpyed by The Banner ol Athens, Ga., and that the exact number jffrdots contained therein accurately counted am) duly verified, is J. R. Colburn. On receipt of the foregoing statement J. F. Rhodes and W F. Dorsoy, two of the judges of the contesumet and went over tin several hundred answers received by The Banner, and which had been previously furnished them, and made the vwrds of the eighteen cash prizes, which follow their statement. Tbftls ilowtng statement was issued by them: To whom it may concern :—This is to 'a ’ signed judges in The Banner’s dot cont cash prizes in this contest according to‘I the ligures furnished directly to us by York, the originator and patentee of the| Following are the prize winners, which the date each count was received by The 3 fy that we tho under have awarded the IS aditions set out, and R. Colburn, of Now J. F. Rhodes, W. F. Dorsf.y. finning numbers and Judge Hamilton McWhorter Has Paid Over the Mon ey for the Property and the Deeds Have Been Filed for Record in the Office of the Clerk of the Court-Club Will Get Other Quarters. STORM DOTS DAMAGE Two Planters Suffer from Results of the Storm. THE ELKS CARNIVAL NOW BEING POSHED The following article from the Ooonee Enterprise will be of interest ,o the peo pie of Athens: Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock was witnessed one of the most violent eleotrio storms that has visited this see tion in recent years. Mr. F. M. McRee, who lives near Barnett Shoals, lost his barn by light nlng striking it and setting it afire. The barn contained fnll S.OOO handles of fodder and other forage whioh was all horned, as was also Mr. McRee's buggy. A tenant honse on Mr. G. S. Moyne's plantation, near Farmington, was alsj ■track by lightning and waa quickly burned to the ground, the inmates nar rowly escaping the flames. Five dogs and a hog that had taken shelter under the honse were burned to a crisp before they conld escape. For Whooping Cough use Cheney’s Expectorant Railroads Will Soon Be gin to Advertise The Attraction. July 22, Aug. J3, F. G. Umhach, A. L. Mitchell, •^Ist Prize ^2ud “ $15.00 10 00 July 18, Dr. D, L. Peacock, ^ 5,459, 3rd “ 5.00 Aug. 13, W.H. Fuller, 5,459, 4th “ 2.00 July 19, F. H. Bowden, 5,460, 5th “ 2.00 July 21, Goo. C. Thomas, 5,460, 6th “ 2.00 July 28, Mrs. M. D. Browning, 5,456, 7 th “ 2.00 Aug. 13, A. L. Mitchell, 5,450, 8th “ 2 00 July 18, Hal Wright, 5.461, 9th “ 1.00 July 18, Goo. C. Thomas, 5,455, 10th “ 1.00 July 23, W. E Epps. 5,455, 11th “ 1 0() Aug. 18, F. 1’. Talmage, 5,455, 12th “ 1.00 Aug. 10, W. W. Keown, 5,454, 13th “ 1.00 Aug. 18, Alice Hardeman, 5,454, 14th “ 1.00 July 19, F. H. Bowden, 5,463, 15th “ 1.00 Aug. 13, Miss C. B. Durham 5,464, 16th “ 1.00 July 27, J. W. Gallaway, 5,452, 17th " 1.00 July 28, W. S. Elder, Elder, Ga., 5,452, 18th " LOO Total $50.00 Checks for tho respective prizes were mailed to tho successful i ludge Hamilton McWhorter, former ly of Lexington, bnt now temporarily a citizen of the Greeno county watering resort. Watson Springs, will become a permanent citizen of Athens about the m.ddle of November or the lirst of De cember. This is now a settled fact, and there are no conditions, except the pres ent good health of the members of the McWhorter household, to be depended on. As was stated by the Banner yester day morning, Mr. L. H. Graham one of the directors of the British-American Mortgago Company, has been here to settle the dispute that arose as to the option held by the Country Club for the purchase of the property. How well Mr. Graham performed his duties iB best told by ihe fact that the money for the property has been paid and that Mr, Graham has returned to his homo in New York. Judge McWhorter, who was also here in conference with Mes- s. Graham and DoBose, as stated iu The Banner, left Athens Wednesday af ternoon, fully assured that he would make bis home at the Country Club place. The people of Athens will await the coming of Judge MoWliorter, and the members of his family, as residents of testants by Tho Banner last night. As has been stated, several hundred counts were received by The Banner, and it will be seen that the prizes have been won by parties guessing from start to finish One count which came to this ofliee the day tho contest opened, won a prize and one which reached thi g ollice the last day of the contest won a prize with winning numbers all along between these. Our next contest will he inaugurated within a few weeks and tho people will be duly notified when to get ready for it. In the mean time watch The Banner grow. Athens with much interest, and will be prepared to give them a warm wel come to this city. It is understood that the members of the Country Club will at once set abont to find new quarters, and that the sale of their present quarters will not have any serious elTect on the Clab. It is an institution that has had a moat prosper ous oarcer, and one that the people of the city want to see preserved. Mem bers of the Club who were seen by a representative of the Banner yesterday did not care to discuss the matter of the future location of the quarters of the Club, but all parties seemed agreed that tbo Club would continue as in the past. It is understood that Jndge MoWhor- ter has notified the officers of th3 Clab, by letter, that the members conld con tinue to occupy the present quarters until the first or middle of November, if it would be inconvenient for them to get a suitable location before that time. As has been stated in The Banner, the price paid by Jndge MoWhorter for the property was $11,500, which make this one of the most important real estate transfers that has occurred in Athens in some time. SUMMER SCHOOL MOVEMENT IS ASSUMING LARGE PROPORTIONS. The Athens Elks Carnival is being rapidly pushed. Meetings of the board of directors have been held from time to time, daring the past week or tep days, bnt as the matters coming before that body have only been business matters of a routine oharacter, there has been bnt little for publication. It can ba stated, however, that the mombers of the various com mittees as well as the board of directors, have been hard at work and mnch has been aooomplished. Mr. W. P. Briggs leaves this morning for Atlanta, where he will make ar rangements for the low railroad rates, and these will he announced within the next few days. The railroads in Athens will begin to send out advertising mat ter for the carnival within the next week or two, and before this time the Elks will have the country surrounding Athens flooded with good literature describing the fine features to be pie- seated to the people. COLONEL WILLIAM HEMPHILL LEFT A LARGE ESTATE TO BE DIVIDED. Col. William A. Hemphill, who died in Atlanta suddenly, Sunday night, left a large estate, amounting to something in the neighborhood of $250,000, accord ing to the executor, Mr. Robert A. Hemphill, a brother of the deceased The will was filed for probate in the of fice of the Ordinary of Falton county yesterday. To his mother, Mrs. S. A. Hemphill, Colonel Hemphill left $800 a year, to be paid to her monthly daring her life. To bis sisters, Mary, Sallie and Nela, he left $1,500 each. Those who will each reoeive one-eight shaies are his two sons, William A. Hemphill, Jr., and Robert Hemphill; four daughters, Mrs. Lola Belleninby, Emma, Julia Margu erite; his granddaughter, Ruth Erwin, and his widow, Mrs. W. A. HemphilL He also set aside various sums for •haritable Institutions as follows: the ereotion of a mission on the lot on Walton street, whioh he bad previously deeded to this charity; Reinhardt Col lege for girls, at Walesoa, Ga., $1,600; St. Mark Methodist churoh, $5,000; Em ory college, $5,000 and the Decatur Or phans' Home, $1,000. At the time the will was made St Mark chnrob was known as the Sixth Methodist church of Atlauta, and the sum set aside for it was to be used for the purchase of a churoh lot, and the foundation of the edifice to be built within twelve months after the pay ment waa made by tis executor The church now has the lot at the corner of Peaohtree and Fifth streets. It is provided that should any of the children die without issue during the ten years, that the estate is to be kept intact, his or her share shall revert to the estate, to be divided equally among the remaining beneficiaries. Prof. Marvin M Parks, of Savannah, in enthusiastically in favor of the pro posed Summer School, on which The Banner has been working the past few months. The following article from his pen to the Constitution of yesterday will be of great interest to the people of AthonB: Editor Constitution: Today 1 re- tamed from Athens, I found that the people of the Classic City are talking of the establishment of a summer school for next year. Chanoellor Hill, Presi dent Branson and The Athens Banner are displaying much interest in the pro posed movement. The wonderful suo- ness of the school at Knoxville, Tenn. iaa opened the eyes of the people to the marvelouB possibilities of a summer ichool, and Chancellor Hill is giving continued and increasing attention to t he movement in which he has been in terested for several years. In my opinion this premises to be for Georgia the greatest educational under taking of the last ten years, and as a teacher in the public schools of Georgia I ask this space in your paper, believ ing that in urging the establishment oi the sammer school I represent the opin ions and wishes of the teachers of the state. It has been my privilege in re cent years to attend the summer schools at the University of Chicago, at Ox ford uuiveni y, England, and at Knox ville, Tenn.. and I am impressed with the fact that everywhere the eummer school is a success and that everywhere it is accomplishing much good. The long summer vacation offers a fine op portunity for study and improvement on the part of the teachers, and in hun dreds of cases the more ambitions and competent teachers are seeking to avail themselves of the opportnties for a bet ter professional training. Scores upon scores of Georgians from year to year have been attending the summer quarters of the University of Ohioago; scores have gone to Harvard, to Cornell and to Chattanooga, rad this year more than two hundred went to Knoxville. Nearly five hundred teaoh- ers left Georgia this summer in order to find desired training and instruction t Many of the more advanoed students will continne to go to northern institu tions and some ought to go, bnt the vast majority onght to find what they wish and what they need in a Georgia sam mer Bchool. At Knoxville every one wa9 snrprised at the large attendance. President Dab ney had been planning for several hun dred students, but to the amazement of himself and the people of Knoxville, nearly two thonsand teachers came for admission. The papers of Tennessee took great pride in wbat they consid ered the new edaoational awakening of the south, and modestly gave Tennes see the first place in the movement. Governor MoMillian, who is a member of the board of trustees of the Universi ty of Tennessee, spoke before a large audience of teachers at Knoxville. He was proud of the sammer school and stated that it must continue and that it should continue. Next year he wishes to see five thousand teachers at Knox ville. Hut Knoxville was not the only success ful summer tohool of the south. At the University of Virginia the attendance went beyond a thonsand. And look, loo, at the State Normal school at Athons. President Branson advertised bat litile, and planned for seventy-five students Instead of seventy-five he is crowded with hundreds. I mention all these facts to show that the teachers want snch opportunities. The time is ripe for a great sammer school for Georgia, and next year is the time to inaugurate the movement. Chan cellor Hill is planning wisely for the un dertaking and under favorable condi tions a thonsand teachers will attend the first session of the rammer school of Georgia. MARVIN M PARKS. Savannah, Ga.